Lost in Music - Culture, Style and the Musical Event

This collection of essays, first published in 1987, provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms - rock, jazz, classical - with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician. Among the topics covered are the legal structures governing musical production and the question of copyright; recording and production technology; the social character of musical style; and the impact of lyrical content, considered socially and historically.

List of contents

1. Introduction Avron Levine White  Part 1. The Social Character of Music  2. Performance as Ritual: Sketch for an Enquiry into the True Nature of a Symphony Concert Christopher Small  3. The Social Interpretation of Modern Jazz Alan Lewis  4. Towards a Sociology of Musical Styles John Shepherd  Part 2. Words and Music  5. Why Do Songs Have Words? Simon Frith  6. The Price You Pay: An Introduction to the Life and Songs of Laurence Price Dave Harker  Part 3. Convention and Constraint in Working Life  7. Popular Music and the Law: Who Owns the Song? Avron Levine White  8. A Professional Jazz Group Avron Levine White  9. Convention and Constraint Among British Semi-Professional Jazz Musicians Harry Christian  Part 4. Recording Music  10. Technology in the Art of Recording Stephen Struthers  11. Coda: Making Sense of the Musical World John Blacking

About the author

Edited by White, Avron Levine

Product details

• Authors: Avron Levine White
• Assisted by: Avron Levine White (Editor), White Avron Levine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138652736
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65273-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Popular Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Theory of music & musicology, Pop Music, Popular Music, Theory of music and musicology