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Shaping Sound and Society Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)

Shaping Sound and Society By Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)

Shaping Sound and Society by Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)

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Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to connect the material aspects of musical instruments with their social functions, this volume brings together leading voices from new wave of research on musical instruments at the center of cultural interactions. An essential read for students, academics and general readers of music.

Shaping Sound and Society Summary

Shaping Sound and Society: The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments by Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)

  • Offers a framework for understanding musical instruments not only through their morphological aspects, but through their social functions
  • Includes interviews with makers of new instruments alongside scholarly chapters, providing real-world insights into instrument innovations
  • Brings together interdisciplinary approaches from scholars working in different fields and examples from music history, ethnography, and contemporary music cultures, providing a diverse and well-rounded picture of the field

    • About Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)

    Stephen Cottrell is Professor of Music at City, University of London. His previous books include Professional Music-Making in London,The Saxophone,Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context (co-edited with Julie Brown and Nicholas Cook), and Music, Dance, Anthropology.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction: The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments - An Overview

    Stephen Cottrell

    Instrumental Interlude #1: The Skoog-Ben Schoegler and David Skulina

    Part I: Ecology, Production and Communities of Practice

    1. The Social Production of a Mallorcan Bagpipe: Collaboration, Technology, Ecology and Internationalisation

    Cassandre Balosso-Bardin

    2. Feeling Analogue: Using Modular Synthesisers, Designing Synthesis Communities

    Eliot Bates

    3. Re-inventing the Herati Dutar: Some Cultural and Social Repercussions

    John Baily

    4. Musical Instruments as Material Culture: A Case Study of the Cretan Lyra

    Kevin Dawe

    Instrumental Interlude #2: The Yaybahar-Goerkem Sen

    Instrumental Interlude #3: Eli Gras

    Part II: The Circulation of Instruments

    5. Charlie Parker, Massey Hall and Grafton 10265: Musical Instruments and the Telling of Tales

    Stephen Cottrell

    6. What's in a Name?: Carving an Indian Identity into the Slide-Guitar

    Andre J.P. Elias

    7. Playing for God: Brass Instruments of the Moravian Brethren in the Atlantic World

    Stewart Carter

    Instrumental Interlude #4: The Fluid Piano-Geoffrey Smith

    Instrumental Interlude #5: The Pikasso Guitar-Linda Manzer

    Part III: Reframing History Through Instruments

    8. Arcadian Tones: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the Austrian Maultrommel

    Deirdre Morgan

    9. Musical Instruments as Traded Commodities: The Makers' Perspective

    Jenny Nex

    10. Military Musical Instruments and the Culture of Perfection in the Long Nineteenth Century

    Trevor Herbert

    Additional information

    NPB9780367417550
    9780367417550
    0367417553
    Shaping Sound and Society: The Cultural Study of Musical Instruments by Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)
    Stephen Cottrell (City, University of London, UK)
    Routledge Research in Music
    New
    Hardback
    Taylor & Francis Ltd
    2023-09-13
    254
    N/A
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