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Author Small, Christopher, 1927-2011.

Title Musicking : the meanings of performing and listening / Christopher Small.

Publication Info. Hanover : University Press of New England, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (230 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Music/culture
Music/culture.
Note "Wesleyan University Press."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225) and index.
Summary 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.
Contents A place for hearing -- A thoroughly contemporary affair -- Sharing with strangers -- A separate world -- A humble bow -- Summoning up the dead composer -- Score and parts -- Harmony, heavenly harmony -- An art of the theater -- A drama of relationships -- A vision of order -- What's really going on here? -- A solitary flute player.
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Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Performance -- Psychological aspects.
Music -- Performance -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Small, Christopher, 1927- Musicking. Hanover : University Press of New England, ©1998 0819522562 (DLC) 97049996 (OCoLC)37975693
ISBN 0585371024 (electronic book)
9780585371023 (electronic book)
0819522562 (alkaline paper)
9780819522566 (alkaline paper)
0819522570 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780819522573 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780819572240