Music in Society : a Guide to the Sociology of Music

Description

The subject of this study has two distinct but not unrelated aspects: first, an investigation into the sociology of music as an autonomous and specialized discipline; and second, an examination of certain fundamental facts that may be considered within the purview of the sociology of music itself. If an analysis and study even a preliminary one of these facts is to be properly focused and fruitful, we must first try to determine the subject and methods of the sociology of music, its position and boundaries in respect to musicology, and, most especially, its relation to the aesthetics of music and music history. It is equally indispensable to ascertain what the sociology of music as a separate scholarly discipline embraces, where its investigation leads, and, finally, to establish its position vis-a-vis sociology in general. Frontmatter Introduction (page xi) PART ONE - THE SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC Chapter 1. The Sociology of Music and Related Disciplines (page 3) Chapter 2. Subject and Methods (page 45) PART TWO - MUSIC IN SOCIETY Introduction (page 81) Chapter 1. Music and the Public (page 83) Chapter 2. Social Roles of Various Audiences (page 103) Chapter 3. Music and Social Stratifications (page 123) Chapter 4. Music in Social Life (page 141) Chapter 5. The Expansion of Musical "Consumption" (page 169) Chapter 6. The Social Status and Role of the Musician (page 193) Chapter 7. Music and Economics (page 221) Chapter 8. Music and Technique (page 253) Chapter 9. Sociopsychological Conditions (page 271) Chapter 10. Socioartistic Aspects of Music (page 319) Conclusion (page 357) Bibliography (page 363) Index (page 477)