Music, society, education by Christopher Small PDF

By Christopher Small

ISBN-10: 0819563072

ISBN-13: 9780819563071

Brought up by way of Soundpost as "remarkable and innovative" upon its ebook in 1977, song, Society, schooling has develop into a vintage within the learn of track as a social strength. Christopher Small units out to check the social implications of Western classical tune, results that until eventually lately were principally overlooked or brushed off through so much musicologists. He strives to view the Western musical culture "through the replicate of those different musics [Balinese and African] because it have been from the surface, and in so doing to benefit whatever of the internal unstated nature of Western tradition as a whole."As sequence co-editor Robert Walser writes, "By pointing to the complicity of Western tradition with Western imperialism, Small demanding situations us to create a destiny that's extra humane than the previous. And through writing a e-book that permits us to reconsider so essentially our involvements with track, he teaches us how we'd get there."

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Pointed out via Soundpost as "remarkable and progressive" upon its ebook in 1977, song, Society, schooling has turn into a vintage within the learn of tune as a social strength. Christopher Small units out to ascertain the social implications of Western classical track, results that till lately were principally missed or pushed aside by means of such a lot musicologists.

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Music—Instruction and study. 3. Music—Philosophy and aesthetics. I. Title. 7—dc20 96-20010 Page v In memory of my mother and father Page vi “The imagination, therefore, is much more than the imaginary. It embraces the entire existence of man. ” Jean Duvignaud The Sociology of Art Page vii CONTENTS Foreword to the 1996 EditionixIntroduction11The Perfect Cadence and the Concert Hall7The music of Post-Renaissance Europe2Music Outside Europe34Two Non-European musical cultures3The Commanding of Nature60The science of Post-Renaissance Europe4The Scientific World View80European culture defined by its music and its science5The Vision of a Potential Society97Twentieth-century music in revolt6A Different Drummer129The music of the United States7Plus Ça Change…160The musical scene today8Children as Consumers182Education and music in education as they are9Children as Artists206Music and music in education—a model for changeIndex230 Page ix FOREWORD TO THE 1996 EDITION Each time I scan the concert listings of the Los Angeles Times, I am reminded of Christopher Small's brilliantly wide-ranging meditations on contemporary musical life.

Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue by Johnny Otis Dissonant Identities: The Rock‘n ’Roll Scene in Austin, Texas by Barry Shank Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America by Tricia Rose Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital by Sarah Thornton Music, Society, Education by Christopher Small Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction by Keith Negus Page iii MUSIC, SOCIETY, EDUCATION Christopher Small Page iv UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND publishes books under its own imprint and is the publisher for Brandeis University Press, Dartmouth College, Middlebury College Press, University of New Hampshire, Tufts University, Wesleyan University Press, and Salzburg Seminar.

By pointing to the complicity of Western culture with Western imperialism, he challenges us to create a future that is more humane than the past. And by writing a book that enables us to rethink so fundamentally our involvements with music, he teaches us how we might get there. Robert Walser May 1996 University of California, Los Angeles Page xiii MUSIC, SOCIETY, EDUCATION Page 1 INTRODUCTION It is generally acknowledged that the musical tradition of post-Renaissance Europe and her offshoots is one of the most brilliant and astonishing cultural phenomena of human history.

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