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Music : a very short introduction/ Nicholas Cook.

By: Cook, Nicholas, 1950-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Very short introductions.Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xii, 143 p. : Oxford University press, 20 cm.ISBN: 0192853406 .Subject(s): Music appreciationDDC classification: 780
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This stimulating very short introduction to music invites us to really think about music. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, Nicholas Cook prompts us to call on our own personal musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performer and the listener, about music as a commodity and an experience, what it means to understand music, and the values that we ascribe to music. The book 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, of critical reflection, of contemplation, and of calculation and of the relation between music and society. With references to all types of music from classical to rock, and from New York, South Africa, China and beyond, this Very Short Introduction will make enjoyable reading for beginner and expert alike.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations (p. xi)
  • 1. Musical Values (p. 1)
  • 2. Back to Beethoven (p. 19)
  • 3. A State of Crisis? (p. 40)
  • 4. An Imaginary Object (p. 52)
  • 5. A Matter of Representation (p. 75)
  • 6. Music and the Academy (p. 87)
  • 7. Music and Gender (p. 105)
  • Conclusion (p. 128)
  • References (p. 133)
  • Index (p. 139)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Nicholas Cook is Professor of Music and Dean of Arts at the University of Southampton. He is on the editorial board or advisory panel for many journals including Music Analysis, Journal of Music Theory, and Journal of the Royal Musical Association. He is a major thinker in the field of music and is often on the radio.