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Music: A Very Short Introduction

By Nicholas Cook

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
0192853821, 9780192853820
Open Library ID
OL7384534M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
989 kB (1012267 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Pages
152\159
Topic
Art Music: Guitar
Library
Great Science Textbooks DVD Library 2007
Time added
2009-10-26 09:21:54

Description

What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short plays Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performeres and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand music, and the values we ascribe to it. This very short introduction, written with both humor and flair, begins with a sampling of music as human activity and then goes on to consider the slippery phenomenon of how music has become an object of thought. Covering not only Western and classical music, Cook touches on all types from rock to Indonesian music and beyond. Incorporating musical forms from every continent, Music will make enjoyable reading for beginner and expert alike.usic and beyond.

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