Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening

Acclaimed scholar rethinks the nature and meaning of music.Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher...
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Author: Christopher Small
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Language: English
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Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening by Small, Christopher

Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening

¥8,481

Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening

¥8,481
Author: Christopher Small
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Christopher Small
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 07/31/1998
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.06w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780819522573


Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 09/01/2001 pg. 8

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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