Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
A Social History of Music from the Middle Ages to Beethoven. Music and Society Since 1815
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
A Social History of English Music
Author: Eric David Mackerness
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134563310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
First published in 2006. The social history of music first makes an appearance—even if only sporadically—in treatises which during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave some account of the manners and morals of specific periods, and of these socio-historical writings one of the most comprehensive is Voltaire's Siele de Louis XIV (1751). In this volume the author, without going over too much familiar ground, presents a view of English musical history from the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134563310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
First published in 2006. The social history of music first makes an appearance—even if only sporadically—in treatises which during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave some account of the manners and morals of specific periods, and of these socio-historical writings one of the most comprehensive is Voltaire's Siele de Louis XIV (1751). In this volume the author, without going over too much familiar ground, presents a view of English musical history from the Middle Ages.
A Social History of Music
Author: Henry Raynor
Publisher: Random House Business Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: Random House Business Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Juju
Author: Christopher Alan Waterman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226874654
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Now known internationally through the recordings of King Sunny Ade and others, juju music originated more than fifty years ago among the Yoruba of Nigeria. This history and ethnography of juju is the first detailed account of the evolution and social significance of a West African popular music. Enhanced with maps, color photographs of musicians and dance parties, musical transcriptions, interviews with musicians, and a glossary of Yoruba terms, Juju is an invaluable contribution to scholarship and a boon to fans who want to discover the roots of this vibrant music.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226874654
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Now known internationally through the recordings of King Sunny Ade and others, juju music originated more than fifty years ago among the Yoruba of Nigeria. This history and ethnography of juju is the first detailed account of the evolution and social significance of a West African popular music. Enhanced with maps, color photographs of musicians and dance parties, musical transcriptions, interviews with musicians, and a glossary of Yoruba terms, Juju is an invaluable contribution to scholarship and a boon to fans who want to discover the roots of this vibrant music.
Men, Women and Pianos
Author: Arthur Loesser
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486171612
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486171612
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
The Social Origins of Music
Author: Sebastian Kirschner
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656032394
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Biology - Evolution, grade: magna cum laude, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Theoretische Biologie), language: English, abstract: Creating music is a distinctive behavior of our species: Humans of all cultures occasionally gather to make music together. However, there is discussion amongst scientists as to whether such behavior is a manifestation of innate psychological mechanisms that evolved as adaptations for music, or whether the diversity of musical behavior simply exemplifies the inventiveness of the human mind, in which case music should be considered a product of human culture. Scholars advocating the latter view divide further into those who believe that music is an evolutionary by-product, existing only for hedonistic reasons, and those who argue that certain musical behaviors emerged because they serve some culturally adaptive function. The goal of my dissertation was to add new empirical data to this debate by conducting behavioral studies with preschool children. In study 1 I tested the hypothesis that certain musical rituals emerged to foster social bonding, ultimately increasing prosocial in-group behavior. I found that joint music making enhances subsequent cooperative and helpful behavior among pairs of 4-year-old children. In study 2 I investigated the ontogeny of rhythmic entrainment, our ability to move in synchrony to a musical beat. I found that children spontaneously entrain their movements to an external drum beat at earlier ages and with higher accuracy if that beat is presented in a social context. Study 2 revealed large inter-individual differences in synchronization accuracy. To explain these, I hypothesized that rhythmic entrainment develops via social learning processes during early musical enculturation. I extended the original design of study 2 by adding a new condition (joint drumming without visual access to the partner’s movements) and a questionnaire about the participants’ musical experience. I collected comparable data from Germany and Brazil, assuming that children from those two countries gain qualitatively different experience with music. I found that in both samples the differences in synchronization accuracy correlated with those in musical experience. Furthermore, only German children tended to drum out of synchrony if the partner’s movements were hidden from view. I discuss my results in light of the above scenarios and come to the conclusion that music’s apparent adaptiveness to various instances of its use can be best explained by cumulative cultural evolution.
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656032394
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Biology - Evolution, grade: magna cum laude, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Theoretische Biologie), language: English, abstract: Creating music is a distinctive behavior of our species: Humans of all cultures occasionally gather to make music together. However, there is discussion amongst scientists as to whether such behavior is a manifestation of innate psychological mechanisms that evolved as adaptations for music, or whether the diversity of musical behavior simply exemplifies the inventiveness of the human mind, in which case music should be considered a product of human culture. Scholars advocating the latter view divide further into those who believe that music is an evolutionary by-product, existing only for hedonistic reasons, and those who argue that certain musical behaviors emerged because they serve some culturally adaptive function. The goal of my dissertation was to add new empirical data to this debate by conducting behavioral studies with preschool children. In study 1 I tested the hypothesis that certain musical rituals emerged to foster social bonding, ultimately increasing prosocial in-group behavior. I found that joint music making enhances subsequent cooperative and helpful behavior among pairs of 4-year-old children. In study 2 I investigated the ontogeny of rhythmic entrainment, our ability to move in synchrony to a musical beat. I found that children spontaneously entrain their movements to an external drum beat at earlier ages and with higher accuracy if that beat is presented in a social context. Study 2 revealed large inter-individual differences in synchronization accuracy. To explain these, I hypothesized that rhythmic entrainment develops via social learning processes during early musical enculturation. I extended the original design of study 2 by adding a new condition (joint drumming without visual access to the partner’s movements) and a questionnaire about the participants’ musical experience. I collected comparable data from Germany and Brazil, assuming that children from those two countries gain qualitatively different experience with music. I found that in both samples the differences in synchronization accuracy correlated with those in musical experience. Furthermore, only German children tended to drum out of synchrony if the partner’s movements were hidden from view. I discuss my results in light of the above scenarios and come to the conclusion that music’s apparent adaptiveness to various instances of its use can be best explained by cumulative cultural evolution.
A Social History of English Music
Author: Eric David Mackerness
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134563388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
First published in 2006. The social history of music first makes an appearance—even if only sporadically—in treatises which during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave some account of the manners and morals of specific periods, and of these socio-historical writings one of the most comprehensive is Voltaire's Siele de Louis XIV (1751). In this volume the author, without going over too much familiar ground, presents a view of English musical history from the Middle Ages.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134563388
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
First published in 2006. The social history of music first makes an appearance—even if only sporadically—in treatises which during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries gave some account of the manners and morals of specific periods, and of these socio-historical writings one of the most comprehensive is Voltaire's Siele de Louis XIV (1751). In this volume the author, without going over too much familiar ground, presents a view of English musical history from the Middle Ages.
The Cultural Study of Music
Author: Martin Clayton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136754326
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136754326
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Music and Social Movements
Author: Ron Eyerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629669
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
On music and cultural change.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629669
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
On music and cultural change.
French Frenzies
Author: Larry Portis
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN: 9781589395473
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"French Frenzies" is a lively history of French popular music that responds to a real need: how to understand the cultural differences between France and the English speaking countries of Britain and North America? The book is unique in showing how French forms of cultural expression are rooted in social and political tensions that, although shared by other countries, are not generally commented upon in songs with the same degree of clarity. In France, the persistence of strong literary and political traditions continues to nurture an exceptional current of criticism in songs and musical expression.
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
ISBN: 9781589395473
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"French Frenzies" is a lively history of French popular music that responds to a real need: how to understand the cultural differences between France and the English speaking countries of Britain and North America? The book is unique in showing how French forms of cultural expression are rooted in social and political tensions that, although shared by other countries, are not generally commented upon in songs with the same degree of clarity. In France, the persistence of strong literary and political traditions continues to nurture an exceptional current of criticism in songs and musical expression.