Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening

Name: Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening
Brand: Wesleyan University Press
SKU: 0819522570
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ISBN: 9780819522573

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31 Jul, 1998

Acclaimed scholar rethinks the nature and meaning of music.Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart ...

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0819522570

ISBN-13:

9780819522573

Publisher

Wesleyan University Press

Dimensions

9.02 X 6.06 X 0.63 inches

Language

English

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Acclaimed scholar rethinks the nature and meaning of music.

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. In this new book, Small outlines a theory of what he 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 engaging and deftly written trip through the concert hall will have readers rethinking every aspect of their musical worlds.

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ISBN-10

:0819522570

ISBN-13

:9780819522573

Publisher

:Wesleyan University Press

Publication date

: 31 Jul, 1998

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER SMALL is author of Music, Society, Education (Wesleyan, 1996), Music of the Common Tongue (1987; Wesleyan, 1998), and Schoenberg (1978). Senior Lecturer at Ealing College of Higher Education in London until 1986, he lives in Sitges, Spain.

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Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening

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