· 2021
Music: A Very Short Introduction
- 388citations
- 2021year
Short summary
This VSI explores music through its social, cultural, and historical lenses, examining its nature as a performance practice and its role in social and political action.
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Key points
- Examines music's social, cultural, and historical dimensions.
- Discusses music as a real-time performance practice.
- Analyzes the role of music in social and political action.
- Highlights the impact of digital technology on music production and consumption.
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Abstract
Abstract Music: A Very Short Introduction is a study of music and thinking about music, focusing on its social, cultural, and historical dimensions. It draws on a wealth of accessible examples, ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music. This VSI also discusses the nature of music as a real-time performance practice; the role of music in social and political action; and the nature of musical thinking, including the roles played in it by instruments, notations, and creative imagination. Digital technology has had a massive impact on the production and consumption of music, including transforming participatory music-making and the music business. This in turn has affected music’s position in a globalized world. In many ways music has changed out of all recognition over the last twenty years.
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