The Concert Hall that Fell Asleep and Woke Up as a Car Radio - Libby Larsen
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 06 Apr 2006 at 7:30 pm |
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| Location: | Mary-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
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Presenter: LIBBY LARSEN
Lecture summary: From 1800 to today, innovations in transportation and communications have had central and essential influence on how our culture at large perceives classical music, including how radio and recordings have shaped our perceptions, our standards of quality, our attention spans. The stagecoach, railroad, and automobile have shaped our lives, our relationships, our cities, and our countryside-or lack of it. There are parallel influences on how we consume and perceive music-not just the sound systems in our cars, but also our reluctance to drive downtown for a concert, for instance. Libby Larsen will discuss all of this, based on her research as the Harrisios Papamarkou Chair for Education and Technology at the Library of Congress.