Description
Book SynopsisAt a time when the ‘social’ analysis of music is receiving unprecedented attention, this important new book demonstrates ways in which sociological ideas can make a distinct contribution to understanding music. In doing so, it also highlights the contrasts between a sociological perspective and those emanating from cultural studies and musicology.
Table of Contents1. Introduction
PART I. Musicology and sociology: the interface
2. Music and the sociological gaze
3. Over the rainbow: on the quest for ‘the social’ in musical analysis
4. Music and manipulation
PART II. The sound of social stratification
5. Class, culture and concerts
6. Musical life in the first industrial city
PART III. Improvisation and interaction
7. Spontaneity and organisation
8. Hear me talkin’: art worlds, improvisation and the language of jazz
9. Text, context, and the cultural object
PART IV. Coda
10. Everyday music
