books by Jacques Barzun     books:       Pleasures of Music1 review Jacques Barzun Penguin (Non-Classics), 1960 Not One of "Those" Music Appreciation Texts PLEASURES OF MUSIC is anything but the type of book that a high school freshman might be expected to study in a music appreciation course. Instead, it is a delightful anthology of fiction, criticism, biography, correspondence, and a half dozen other categories, all having music as their themes. One needs to know very little about music, and nothing about the technical aspects of music, to ...             Classic, romantic, and modern2 reviews Jacques Barzun Little, Brown, 1961 The bredth of intellect here is astounding! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! Three enthusiastic cheers for the wisdom contained in this book, and of course its author, Jacques Barzun. Coming from the point of view of a thoughtful newcomer to the discourse of culture and society, this book is an eye-opening, and incredibly useful find. I must also acknowledge my gratfulness to the unknown reviewer from Dallas, Texas who recommended this ...             The House of Intellect5 reviews Jacques Barzun Secker & Warburg, 1961 Buy two of this classic! This is a book that should be bought two at a time (one to lend to friends). Serious students should return to it every few years along with George Orwell's essay on politics and the English language and C Wright Mills' appendix on intellectual craftsmanship in "The Sociological Imagination". Barzun approached his special field of cultural history in a refreshingly irreverent manner. "You may ...             A Stroll with William James2 reviews Jacques Barzun University Of Chicago Press, 2002 A walk to remember! After reading 5 of his books now, I'm not sure there's much that Jacques Barzun can't do. Honestly, I, like most people, think they understand William James and I, like most people, found out that I was further from him than I thought. In an engaging thrill of a book, Barzun explains James- dare I say it- better than James explained James. Of course, WIlliam James, who, when pragmatism is ...             God's country and mine: A declaration of love spiced with a few harsh words2 reviews Jacques Barzun Vintage Books, 1959 The 20th Century's greatest cultural critic The writings of Jacques Barzun have literally changed my life. The first book of his I read was "The House of Intellect". Since then I have gone on to enjoy many of his other masterpieces. This book is one of Barzun's finest. It is insightful, witty, and well organized. The rythm and flow of Dr.Barzun's writing are engrossing to the imaginative mind and offer a respite from the staleness of most ...             American University1 review Jacques Barzun Oxford University Press, 1969 A must read for anyone in higher education This book, which I would term as modern classic in the field, is a perennial read for higher educators, coming up regularly in the Chronicle of Higher Education book lists. Despite being written decades ago this book brings to light some of the most important issues facing the university today. Barzun is as erudite as he is qualified, having served as Provost at Columbia University and as a ...             Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning3 reviews Jacques Barzun University Of Chicago Press, 1992 Well written and argued critique There are many ideas in this devastating critique of contemporary universities and of the educational system in general. According to Barzun, the advent of making research profitable (through grants, the publish-or-perish mentality, etc.) has fatally wounded universities. Before this, teachers were teachers first. Research was conducted on a teacher's own time, and important works were ...             A Company of Readers : Uncollected Writings of W. H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling from the ...1 review Arthur Krystal, Jacques Barzun, 2001 The Culture of "Inclusiveness" While I was growing up in Chicago, one of my greatest pleasures was listening to classical music while reading the latest selection from the Readers' Subscription Club to which I belonged. That was almost 50 years ago (!) and yet how vividly I recall pouring over brief but brilliant essays in the latest edition of The Griffin (the monthly bulletin) to select titles to order and then, several ...             Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism1 review Jacques Barzun Peter Smith Pub, 2000 A wonderful, comprehensive narrative Jacques Barzun is an unapologetic advocate of great men (and women) and, in one of his most subtle philosophical veins, he has here comprehensively treated Berlioz as such an entity- rather than a style, technique, or eccentric- within the contemporary and personal world that the composer occupied and was occupied by. The designation of Berlioz, along with Keats, as The Romantic Genius, has ...             The Dictionary of Accepted Ideas3 reviews Gustave Flaubert New Directions, 1954 The Ideas that Ferment in the Brains of the Brainless "ARTISTS. All charlatans. Boast of their disinterestedness (old-fashioned). Express astonishment that they dress like everybody else (old-fashioned). They earn insane amounts, but fritter it all away. Often asked to dine out. A woman artist cannot be anything but a whore." Flaubert's satirical reference work, the Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues, reveals in a marvellously condensed form the ...             The Varieties of Religious Experience49 reviews William James Signet, 1970 The Pragmatism of Belief American philosopher William James (brother of novelist Henry James) was a proponent of Pragmatism: if it works, then it has "truth". I realize such a definition, which I heard elsewhere as a definition of pragmatism, will send certain intellectual readers into orbit, but I've learned that if I couldn't explain something in simple (not synonymous with simplistic) terms, I didn't know enough ...             A Jacques Barzun Reader : Selections from His Works6 reviews Jacques Barzun HarperCollins, 2002 This book, like Barzun himself, gets better with age! Like too many others, my journey to becoming a Barzun addict was a slow, steady build. Yes, it was through first reading 'From Dawn to Decadence' that I came to admire his electrifying prose and sparkling wit. And his books on culture and education...my gosh, man! So there I was in the neighborhood bookstore and I see a brand spankin' new Barzun reader. Since I read in tangents, the format ...             Teacher in America (A Doubleday anchor book)7 reviews Jacques Barzun Doubleday, 1955 The Best of the Best Jacques Barzun is in his nineties today and still one of the best thinkers of our time. Forty years ago both my wife and I ran across this book as we were taking wearisome ed courses in teachers college to acquire certification to teach in New York public schools. Our professors did not like Barzun then, and I am sure they don't like him today. He is down-to-earth, full of common sense, and ...             Men, Women and Pianos: A Social History7 reviews Arthur Loesser, Edward Rothstein (foreword), ... Dover Publications, 1991 A bravura performance! If you love music, especially that of the piano, then you should definitely make room on your musical bookshelf for this wonderful and comprehensive book. The author, Arthur Loesser, was a well-known concert pianist who was also a gifted writer, critic and annotator--shades of that earlier duallist, Berlioz! This dandy, thick book, detailing the history of keyboards, also includes many of the ...             Evenings With the Orchestra6 reviews Hector Berlioz Random House, 1956 Brilliant! Absolutely, positively brilliant! Two hundred years ago this week, Louis-Hector Berlioz was born. This, then, is a time for me to comment on a few of his works, some of them "favorites by acclamation" and others simply those in which I find special merit. When Berlioz died, in April, 1869, an obituary in the Musical Times read, in part, "...there can be little doubt that he will be remembered by his able and acute ...             Science: The Glorious Entertainment.3 reviews Jacques, Barzun HarperCollins, 1964 Creative deconstruction of science Barzun wrote this book after "The House of Intellect" and before "The American University", so it is the second part of his trilogy on the debacle of learning and scholarhip in the modern academies. In "The House of Intellect" he identified Science, Art and Philanthropy as three major enemies of intellect. This is not because he devalues science, art and philanthropy in their proper place and ...             The Culture We Deserve6 reviews Jacques Barzun Wesleyan, 1989 a generous spirit Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball. -Jacques Barzun (God's Country and Mine) At this point, that quote is so old that I just sort of assumed Barzun must be dead by now. But I heard an interview with him the other day on NPR about his new book, From Dawn to Decadence - 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to Present, which sounds like it ...             Gulliver's Travels95 reviews Jonathan Swift Oxford University Press, 1977 Fellow Yahoos, read this book! Gulliver's Travels is not a children's fantasy written by an avuncular Englishman. This book, instead, is a searing indictment of the human race written by a brilliant satirist and misanthrope. The Lilliput episode is most clearly inscribed in the public consciousness, perhaps because it is the least overtly damning of the human species. By the end of the book, however, when Gulliver is forced to ...             The press and the prose (Occasional paper)136 reviews Jacques Barzun Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Columbia University, 1992 Sometimes the truth has a liberal bias To write a good history book like this one an author needs to do well in three separate areas. He needs to research the topic at hand, write a readable account and finally analyze the events. Kinzer performs exceptionally well in all three areas. First, the book is meticulously researched. He discusses appropriate history without going into unnecessary or boring details to give the reader an ...             On Writing, Editing and Publishing (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)2 reviews Jacques Barzun University of Chicago Press, 1986 Excellent essays on writer's block, poor writing, etc. Essays by Barzun from the 1940s to the 1970s on such topics as writer's block and the discipline required to write, the fine art of translation, the ubiquity of poor writing, and the book publishing business. Superbly written. 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