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Musicking : the meanings of performing and listening /
Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart of traditional studies of Western music by asserting that music is not a thing, but rather an activity. This new work outlines a theory of what Small terms "musicking," a verb that encompasses a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hanover :
University Press of New England,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Music/culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart of traditional studies of Western music by asserting that music is not a thing, but rather an activity. This new work outlines a theory of what Small terms "musicking," a verb that encompasses all musical activity from composing to performing to listening to a Walkman to singing in the shower. Using Gregory Bateson's philosophy of mind and a Geertzian thick description of a typical concert in a typical symphony hall, Small demonstrates how musicking forms a ritual through which all the participants explore and celebrate the relationships that constitute their social identity. This trip through the concert hall will have readers rethinking every aspect of their musical worlds. |
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| Notas: | "Wesleyan University Press." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585371024 9780585371023 0819522562 9780819522566 0819522570 9780819522573 1283110288 9781283110280 9786613110282 6613110280 0819572241 9780819572240 |