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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Small, Christopher, 1927-2011.

Series:

• Music/culture.
• Music/culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
• Music--Performance--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource
• 1 recurso en linea (418 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hanover : University Press of New England, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Acclaimed scholar rethinks the nature and meaning of music.

Contents:

• Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prelude: Music and Musicking; 1. A Place for Hearing; 2. A Thoroughly Contemporary Affair; 3. Sharing with Strangers; Interlude 1 The Language of Gesture; 4. A Separate World; 5. A Humble Bow; 6. Summoning Up the Dead Composer; Interlude 2 The Mother of All the Arts; 7. Score and Parts; 8. Harmony, Heavenly Harmony; Interlude 3 Socially Constructed Meanings; 9. An Art of the Theater; 10. A Drama of Relationships; 11. A Vision of Order; 12. What's Really Going On Here?; 13. A Solitary Flute Player
• Postlude: Was It a Good Performance and How Do You Know? Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

• "Wesleyan University Press."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-283-11028-8
• 9786613110282
• 0-8195-7224-1
• 0-585-37102-4

OCLC:

767498404