What makes music European

Sorce Keller, Marcello.

What makes music European looking beyond sound / [electronic resource] : Marcello Sorce Keller. - Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012. - xxv, 305 p. - Europea : ethnomusicologies and modernities ; no. 12 . - Europea ; no. 12. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who makes the music (and why we all are composers). Composing as we think of it, composing as we do it ; Oral transmission (more than playing or singing by ear) ; Improvisation and the collective dimension ; when "we" get the music -- Originality, identity, ideology and taste. Should music be original, how much can it be ; Why people identify of organized sound ; Why is music so ideological ; How can we face different musics ; Why we misunderstand the music of all times and places and do we much enjoy doing so ; How much of a good thing ; Musical gardens and greenhouses vs. woods and prairies -- The tangible aspects of music-making. The social value of music ; Musical value and its locations.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Music--History and criticism.--Europe
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.--Europe
Music--Social aspects--Europe.
Music--Political aspects--Europe.


Electronic books.

ML240 / .S64 2012eb

780.94