Philosophical and cultural theories of music / / edited by Eduardo de la Fuente and Peter Murphy.

• Superior document: Social and critical theory ; v. 8
• TeilnehmendeR: Fuente, Eduardo de la.; Murphy, Peter, 1956-
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Social and critical theory ; v. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Music is a ubiquitous and hard to grasp cultural form. It is semiotically and aesthetically open-ended; yet even a 'non-musical' person is able to follow the basics of rhythmic structure and flow. Its presence in social and cultural life is further complicated by its multiple forms of existence - as both 'live' and 'technologically mediated', as self-referential language and as accompaniment to text, dance and other cultural expressions. This collection brings together philosophers, sociologists, musicologists and students of culture who theorize the multiple roles of music through cultural practices as diverse as opera and classical music, jazz and pop, avant-garde and DIY musical cultures, music festivals and isolated listening through the iPod, rock in urban heritage and the piano in contemporary Asian societies.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / E. De La Fuente and P. Murphy -- Chapter One. Introduction: Philosophical And Cultural Theories Of Music / Eduardo De La Fuente and Peter Murphy -- Chapter Two. Modern Hermeneutics And The Presentation Of Opera / Agnes Heller -- Chapter Three. Algo-Rhythm And Mello-Dy: A Consideration Of The Relationship Between Technology And The Embodied Performance Of Music / Daniel Black -- Chapter Four. Bob Dylan Ain’T Talking: One Man’s Vast Comic Adventure In American Music, Dramaturgy, And Mysticism / Peter Murphy -- Chapter Five. Music And Religion: Reflections On Cultural Secularization / David Roberts -- Chapter Six. Prophet And Priest, Ascetic And Mystic: Towards A Cultural Sociology Of The Twentieth Century Composer / Eduardo De La Fuente -- Chapter Seven. Collective Effervescence, Numinous Experience Or Proto-Religious Phenomena? Moshing With Durkheim, Schleiermacher And Otto / Mark Jennings -- Chapter Eight. Music As A Space Of Possibilities / John Rundell -- Chapter Nine. Some Suggestions For A Phenomenology Of Rhythm / Stuart Grant -- Chapter Ten. The Paradox Of \'Do-It-Yourself\' In Unpopular Music / Joseph Borlagdan -- Chapter Eleven. Musical Culturespeak And Cosmopolitan Identities In Australian Multiculturalism / Graeme Smith -- Chapter Twelve. The Piano And Cultural Modernity In East Asia / Alison Tokita -- Chapter Thirteen. Popular Music, Cultural Memory And Everyday Aesthetics / Andy Bennett -- Chapter Fourteen. Everything Is Dirt: Reevaluating The Place Of Cultural Status In Producing Aesthetic Attachment / Claudio E. Benzecry -- Chapter Fifteen. Musical Listening And Boundary-Work / Michael Walsh -- List Of Contributors / E. De La Fuente and P. Murphy -- Index / E. De La Fuente and P. Murphy.