Books as Culture/Books as Commerce

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 787-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Haugland
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Book Industry ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Low Culture ◽  
Conflicting Goals

The book industry historically has been characterized as caught between two seemingly conflicting goals: to contribute to the cultural life of the society and to make a profit. As the most influential medium for information about books, the text of the New York Times Book Review reflects that conflict and marks the boundary between books as culture and books as commerce in a way that maintains an artificial distinction between high and low culture.

Villa-Lobos's Commissioned Compositions

Tempo ◽  
1984 ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Peppercorn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
York City ◽  
Symphony Orchestra ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
International Recognition

On 26 November 1944 Heitor Villa-Lobos made his United States debut with the Janssen Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles, followed during the ensuing weeks by appearances as composer-conductor in Boston, Chicago, and New York City (where he was also interviewed about his composing methods by Olin Downes, then music critic of The New York Times). All these events changed the composer's life completely: he was suddenly catapulted into the limelight, lionized and feted by prominent persons from musical and cultural life at a reception at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. A long-sought dream had unexpectedly come true: international recognition as a composer and as Latin America's foremost musical figure of his generation.

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