The Christopher Small Reader

"Here, you might think, are a few simple ideas, repeated many times. But they go deep, and seem simple only because we've gotten used to them. They can illuminate every corner of art, and our lives."—Greg Sandow, The Juilliard School

"Here, you might think, are a few simple ideas, repeated many times. But they go deep, and seem simple only because we've gotten used to them. They can illuminate every corner of art, and our lives."—Greg Sandow, The Juilliard School

"What puts Chris Small in a class by himself as the leading music & society thinker to date is his balanced, beautifully crafted and always clarifying prose. A necessary completion of Small's thinking-in-writing, this book may well be the most useful, allowing readers from every interest or field to consider his timely and radically egalitarian message."—Charles Keil, coauthor of Music Grooves

"From book excerpts of Small's classic texts to delightful, informal pieces, The Reader represents the vitality and integrity of a unique voice in music scholarship."—Marie McCarthy, professor of music education, University of Michigan