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. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Music--History and criticism.--Europe Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.--Europe Music--Social aspects--Europe. Music--Political aspects--Europe.