Music-Philosophy & Social Aspects

Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Education brings new critical perspectives on recorded music research, artistic practice, and education into an active dialogue.Although scholars continue to engage keenly in the study of recordings and studio practices, less attention has been devoted to integrating...

Taylor Swift is always rewriting the rule book. From taking on streaming platforms to re-recording her early albums to regain control, she has built her reputation on business savvy as well as incredible songwriting talent. In a series of 50 accessible essays, author and...

In Music at the Threshold from the Sacred to the Dangerous, author Sean Williams explores the connection of liminality to musical culture by focusing on how performance practices tend to occur at liminal places and times, and often by potentially marginalized people who are,...

Reiland Rabaka provides an alternative history of funk since the mid-1960s, which uncovers the epoch that funk women influenced and were influenced by while wrestling with issues revolving around race, gender, sexuality, and class simultaneously in the American music industry and in American society.Rabaka...

Susana González-Martínez investigates feminist ideologies in metal music and demonstrates techniques of socio-political resistance for usage in real communities and in daily life. This book invites a multidimensional appreciation of the artistic phenomenon of feminist metal. It sheds light on feminist artistic practices emerging...

This collection of interdisciplinary and multicultural essays takes a novel approach to the ancient theory of the Harmony of the Spheres and the notion of musical harmony. The idea of the harmony of the spheres is an old and venerable one, finding a parallel...

The ICTM Study Group Music and Minorities was founded officially in 1997 and is thus one of the youngest Study Groups within the ICTM. The volume Manifold Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities is a collection of the papers of the second Study Group...

This volume brings together scholars and artist-researchers to explore the nature and function of musical instruments in creative practices, and their role in musical culture. Through historical, theoretical, critical, practical-artistic perspectives and case studies, the contributors here examine identities and affordances of acoustical, electronic...

This book focuses on two main topics related to the essence of music, the first of which problematizes the ontological unity of music, philosophy and mathematics. The second concern of the text is the direction of social ontology or the existence of music in...

Author: T. Michael MboyaISBN-10: 1527526747ISBN-13: 9781527526747Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2019Pages: 163Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d

The use of music in therapeutic practice in Turkey and the surrounding geographical regions is not a new phenomenon. Until recently, however, the music therapy profession, as it is known in the modern world, had not been institutionalized as a scientific discipline in Turkey....

Author: Richard GloverISBN-10: 152751398XISBN-13: 9781527513983Publisher: Cambridge Scholars PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2018Pages: 234Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.70d

This volume brings together practitioners and theorists of music and sonic art. Contributions explore a wide range of historical, artistic, pedagogical and critical issues from multiple perspectives, emphasizing the continuities and links along a broad spectrum of hearing and listening practices and art-making that...

This volume explores various kinds of love and the way music reflects them. It is about romantic love, ethnic pride and love, love and the media, and various other loves we have, especially love for popular culture. Throughout, special focus is given to the...

This collection of fourteen essays provides a starting point to re-think music and national identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The papers offer various perspectives on the interconnections between music and identity, while providing case-studies on diverse topics including performance, composition, and musical styles. Based on...

This anthology emanated from a conference in St. John's, Newfoundland, that brought together popular music scholars, folklorists and ethnomusicologists from Canada and Australia. Implicit in that conference and in this anthology is the comparability of the two countries. Their 'post-colonial' status (if that is...

Why is gender inseparable from pop songs? What can gender representations in musical performances mean? Why are there strong links between gender, sexuality and popular music? The sound of the voice, the mix, the arrangement, the lyrics and images, all link our impressions of...

Music's role in animating democracy--whether through protests and demonstrations, as a vehicle for political identity, or as a means of overcoming social divides--is well understood. Yet musicians have also been drawn to the potential of embodying democracy itself through musical processes and relationships. In...

This book presents a theoretical framework for hermeneutic musical analysis, enriched with numerous practical examples. Joan Grimalt's latest work emphasises discursive and dramaturgical dimensions, grounded in hermeneutical principles. Building on his previous volume, Mapping Musical Signification (Springer, 2020), which explores different groupings of musical...

This book widens the context of our understanding of the "modern" American jazz of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s by looking at writing about it by both musicians and commentators. Jazz, Race, and Writing, 1945-1970 addresses jazz at its modernist apotheosis, from the 1940s...

Satiricized by Strauss II to highlight the deceptive aristocratic class, under Schoenberg, Mahler, and Webern's pens the waltz became the pivot between the conscious and unconscious, forcing a paralytic "second state" analogous with the stagnation of the Habsburg Empire. The Viennese Waltz shows how,...

This book presents an analysis of 100 rock concert performances and answers the question "What makes a truly great rock performance?" Peter Smith delves into his own recollections of experiencing rock performances and covers themes of icons, persona, energy, fandom, venues, communities, politics, art-rock,...

A deep dive into the transformative power of music in the 21st century.Dervish at the Crossroads is an autobiographical exploration of music from 2000 to 2020, revealing how the digital age has revolutionized our relationship with sound. Wanda Waterman blends personal experiences, interviews, and...

Political campaigning affects numerous realms under the communication umbrella with each channel seeking to influence as many individuals as possible. In higher education, there is a growing scholarly interest in communication issues and subjects, especially on the role of music, in the political arena....

Discover the enthralling world of Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneering music journalist who expanded the possibilities of the newspaper music column, sparked the San Francisco jazz and rock scenes, and co-founded Rolling Stone magazine. Gleason not only reported on but influenced the trajectory of...

Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists' recordings and performances as "intimate." Yet that discourse often stops short of elucidating how a mass-produced commodity such as popular music is able to elicit feelings of intimacy with and among its audience. Through detailed analysis of...

In this fascinating exploration of the mystical elements of music, Henry Wylde delves into the esoteric symbolism of sound and explores the ways in which music can affect our minds and souls. Drawing on a wide range of spiritual traditions, Wylde offers a unique...

Howard Firkin's eclectic play explores the meaning of love, destiny, and greatness, and includes fascinating new information about William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway, Les Murray, and, of course, Martin Heidegger.Two people meet and (briefly) fall in love with advice from the ghosts of people past...

A songbook containing songs which have a PSE (personal social and emotional development) focus. So there are songs to help with taking turns, washing and dressing, and respecting ourselves and others.The Handy Band is another great songbook from Sue Nicholls, author of Bobby Shaftoe...

"Beethoven: His Spiritual Development" is a profound exploration of the internal life and artistic evolution of one of history's most celebrated composers, Ludwig van Beethoven. J. W. N. Sullivan offers a unique perspective that transcends traditional biography, focusing instead on how Beethoven's personal experiences,...

A Concise Survey of Music Philosophy helps music students choose a philosophy that will guide them throughout their careers. The book is divided into three sections: central issues that any music philosophy ought to consider (e.g., beauty, emotion, and aesthetics); secondly, significant philosophical positions,...

Community-Engaged Performance Tours addresses the role of performance touring as a form of classroom and community engagement.Author: James SpinazzolaISBN-10: 1032244658ISBN-13: 9781032244655Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2024Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d

Ethical musicality addresses the crossroads between music and ethics, combining philosophical knowledge, theoretical reflection, and practical understanding. When tied together, music and ethics link profoundly, offering real-life perspectives that would otherwise be inaccessible to us.Author: Gro TrondalenISBN-10: 1032111305ISBN-13: 9781032111308Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2024Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight:...

From the author who proved our intentions shape our reality, an awe-inspiring scientific detective story revealing the mysteries of sound--impacting everything within and around us, from our cells and brains to other living things, our relationships and even the cosmos.Specific sounds create major effects...

Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival. Yet, the grassroots projects of devotees in niche punk, noise and hip-hop DIY music scenes have continuously upheld the...

From the glamorous depravity of Studio 54 to the underground cabarets of Weimar Berlin, from Georgian London's gaudy pleasure gardens to the birth of techno in post-industrial Detroit, a brilliantly researched history charting four centuries of nightlife, showing the fascinating evolution of how humans...

In this inspiring volume, Edward Dickinson explores the transformative power of music. Drawing on his many years as a musician and musicologist, Dickinson provides practical guidance for those seeking to deepen their engagement with music. This book is essential reading for anyone who believes...

Musicians Of To-Day This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting...

What should musicians and their audiences do with evolving broadcast and recording technologies? This is the question that occupied French writer and engineer Pierre Schaeffer from his first radio job in 1936 until his retirement as Director of the Research Service of the Office...

What defines a "musical work"? Traditionally, this question has been dominated by Western art music and its reliance on prescriptive scores. Yet, with the rise of recording technologies and the growing influence of genres like jazz, pop, and rock, the very foundations of music's...

Author: Andrew FieldISBN-10: 1919164731ISBN-13: 9781919164731Publisher: Hit the NorthLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2026Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.70lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d

What happens when the spotlight shifts? Following the extraordinary success of Human Racing and The Riddle, Nik Kershaw continued to craft the same intelligent, accessible pop music that had made him a household name. Yet somehow, the record-buying public had begun to look elsewhere.This...

This edited volume concentrates on the period from the 1940s to the present, exploring how popular music forms such as blues, disco, reggae, hip hop, grime, metal and punk evolved and transformed as they traversed time and space.Author: Elke WeesjesISBN-10: 1032565470ISBN-13: 9781032565477Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

How Black music shapes the political identity, consciousness, and engagement of Black youth From Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar to J. Cole and Janelle Monae, Najja K. Baptist shows us how Black music has, more than ever before, become a form of political participation and...

This collection of essays studies how music of the twenty-first century resonates with sentiments of despondency and loss in the context of the multiple existential crises of the time: climate change, political violence, financial crises, racial inequities and technological acceleration. Investigating musical expressions of...

A riotous look at the intersection of politics, protest, and punk--and what it means to turn to art for survival.Since its inception, punk has defied convention. Angry, unruly, and equipped with an "anti" ethos--anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian, anti-corporation, and anti-conformity--it became a rebellion bound in leather...

'Mellifluous Meetings: A Measure of Music in the Multifaceted Jazz Community' follows the life of jazz drummer Darius Robaire as he entangles himself into a diverse and occasionally calamitous community of musicians, agents, artists, drug dealers and women. The character, half rooted in reality...

Hearing, health and technologies are entangled in multi-faceted ways. The edited volume addresses this complex relationship by arguing that modern hearing was and is increasingly linked to and mediated by technological innovations.Author: Michael SchillmeierISBN-10: 0367714183ISBN-13: 9780367714185Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 178Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 9.21h x...

Kaleidoscopic culture critic Chuck Klosterman rewrites the history of reality, built off a question that has never been asked or (in all likelihood) even considered: What if Phillip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle was actually about rock music? The Velvet Underground...

On March 20, 2026, seven voices return.BTS named their comeback album after a six-hundred-year-old Korean folk song - a word that even Korean linguists cannot fully translate. Four million pre-orders in the first week. A world tour spanning thirty-four cities. The entire planet is...