Rorotoko recently published a feature interview with former fellow Jann Pasler on her recent publication Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France (University of California Press, 2009).
In the interview, Pasler shares her hope that “reading this story of how music helped forge French citizens under highly contentious but evolving political circumstances will stimulate reflection on some critical issues in our own times. Three ongoing concerns hark back to this period: the desire to assure accessibility to the arts for all citizens, the use of music and musical practices to build community and help people explore what they value as a people, and faith in music’s capacity to revitalize and help us imagine change because we have heard it.”
Read on at http://www.rorotoko.com/index.php/article/jann_pasler_composing_citizen_…
