Hearing double : jazz, ontology, auditory culture / Brian Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kane, Brian, 1973- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Jazz.

Jazz--Analysis, appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : music

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

When we talk about a jazz 'standard' we usually mean one of the many songs that jazz musicians repeatedly play as part of their core repertoire. But unlike musical works in the tradition of so-called classical music, standards - whether plucked from the 'Great American Songbook' or from recordings by other jazz musicians - are always being transformed in performance. They are rearranged and improvised upon, given new chords and altered melodies. These transformations might be small and seemingly unimportant, or they might be radical revisions. Which raises the question: across all of these various performances, what gives a standard its identity? In 'Hearing Double', Brian Kane answers that question by offering a new theory of musical works that can account for the unique challenges presented by standards.

Contents:

Introduction: Why Standards?

Part I Ontology

1. The Metaphysics of Musical Structure

2. Replication

3. Nomination

4. The Ontology of Musical Networks

Part II Auditory Culture

5. The Soundscape of Standards

6. The Aesthetics of Standards, or Hearing Double.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 4, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Kane, Brian, 1973- Hearing double

ISBN:

0-19-060053-5

0-19-060051-9

0-19-060052-7

OCLC:

1419080783