Can music change the world? That it can and does functions as a truism across many spheres of U.S. culture. Attali canonically argued that music, an element of what Marxists call the “superstructure,” can actually influence or foreshadow world-historical changes in the “base” of economic relations and production. The belief that music can change the […]
Author Archives: Marianna Ritchey
… is an Associate Professor of music history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst whose research concerns U.S. classical music and academic practices, critical theory, and Marxism. Her theoretical ideas have evolved within and alongside her participation in abolitionist and mutual aid projects in her community.