Music-Philosophy & Social Aspects

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...

The Innerspace of Outerspace explores music as a form of magic - a portal that dissolves ordinary reality and opens onto myth, mystery, and transformation. Tracing a lineage from ancient incantations and shamanic chants to modern visionaries like Sun Ra, the book shows how...

A book of unusual musical exploration, Soiled Amplitudes follows composer Dennis Bathory-Kitsz in his search for both compositional truth and the integrity of music created as graphical scores. Revealing music as a mix of so-called "colonial notation" and a panoply of new symbols, graphics,...

A practical system shaped through an audit of lived experience.A field manual for musicians and other independent artists, writers, or creators of all stripes, looking for clarity, discipline, and momentum instead of stagnation.A toolkit to overcome resistance, avoid distraction, and end procrastination.Curse Mackey calls...

Author: David Brown,Gavin HoppsISBN-10: 3319918176ISBN-13: 9783319918174Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/26/2018Pages: 325Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d

Gregg Kofi-Brown is, of course best known for his work with seminal African funk rock pioneers Osibisa. they were one of the first, if not THE first African band to achieve popular success in the West. With conscience laden lyrics and funky afro-rhythms Gregg...

This book examines the murder ballad form, songs about death and killing, from a legal history perspective.Author: Daniel NewmanISBN-10: 1032964839ISBN-13: 9781032964836Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/2026Pages: 302Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

Gray's prophetic work explores the marriage of music and technology, and envisions a future where the two are indistinguishable. A fascinating and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...

Music is surrounded by movement, from the arching back of the guitarist to the violinist swaying with each bow stroke. To John Paul Ito, these actions are not just a visual display; rather, they reveal what it really means for musicians to move with...

There is growing recognition that improvisation is a vital artistic and ontological practice that can promote developments in many areas of musicianship and beyond. Although improvisation is taught and assessed in education institutions throughout the world, pedagogical research on improvisation is disparate, emerging mainly...

This volume seeks to explain the notion of control artists possess, and given they are changed by the action, the sense in which they can claim an artwork as theirs. Standard explanations of action and agency struggle to explain various artistic practices. Requiring recourse...

This book is the first edited collection dedicated to the work of "canonically" metamodern multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. Contributors critically examine Stevens' output and impact across the relevant fields of musicology, literature, queer theory, performance studies, religious studies, and cultural studies. The volume provides...

The Foundations of Musical Æsthetics; or, The Elements of Music by John B. McEwen, originally published in 1917, offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles underlying musical beauty and structure. This seminal work delves into the fundamental elements of music, providing a deep understanding...

"Mr Balbir Singh Kanwal has an international reputation for indefatigably conducting remarkably detailed research into little studied areas of Panjab history and culture. His contributions have been recognised far and wide. With the publication of this new book in English, these insights will find...

This book addresses an existing gap in academic arts-based research, whereby, rather than exploring music as an effective therapeutic intervention, it is explored as the central medium or tool of inquiry.Integrating heuristic, hermeneutic, and arts-based grounded theory methodologies, the book conceptualizes and describes the...

Music is a powerful process and resource that can shape and support who we are and wish to be. The interaction between musical identities and learning music highlights school music education's potential contributions and responsibilities, especially in supporting young people's mental health and well-being....

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...

The culture of hip hop shifted dramatically soon after the first wave of studio-recorded vinyl releases at the turn of the 1980s. Drawing upon science fiction, ideas of fantasy, futurism, and sociocultural dynamics, this book presents a study of the impact and influence of...

Discover the Future of Creativity Through the Eyes of AIEmbark on a journey where technology meets imagination, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the boundaries of art. From the origins of AI art to the ethical dilemmas it poses, this groundbreaking narrative invites you...

Based on empirical research on hip-hop cultures, scenes, and artists in the Nordic countries, this book provides new perspectives on how hip-hop has been intertwined with wider societal and political contexts and discussions.Author: Susan LindholmISBN-10: 1032165014ISBN-13: 9781032165011Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/22/2026Pages: 214Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.21h...

The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans is a comprehensive overview of major topics, established debates and new directions in the study of popular music and politics in this region.Author: Catherine BakerISBN-10: 1032357150ISBN-13: 9781032357157Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2024Pages: 640Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.98lbsSize:...

Grime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process...

Makis Solomos explores the ecologies of music and sound, inspired by Felix Guattari, for whom environmental destruction caused by capitalism goes hand in hand with deteriorating ways of living and feeling, and for whom an ecosophical stance, combining various ecological registers, offers a glimpse...

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...

Why does music influence how we feel so deeply--and what are the scientific mechanisms behind this phenomenon? In Music Between Your Ears, Dr. Samuel Markind explores the intriguing relationship between music and brain function. Using evolutionary theory, he illuminates the pivotal role that music...

Hip-hop and rap emerged as a powerful cultural response to systemic inequality, social displacement, and economic hardship. Rooted in artistic expression, storytelling, and resistance, hip-hop and rap became a means for marginalized voices to reclaim agency, shared lived experiences, and foster community identity. Their...

The Best of Mass Movement: The Digital Years Volumes I & II are the result of a crazy five year period that saw Mass Movement reluctantly enter, and make its mark on the digital age. They are a testament to the power of the...

It was never supposed to last or be anything other than an underground punk rock fanzine. But fate had other ideas and for the last two twenty two years, Mass Movement has been navigating its own singular course through the often strange and always...