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The Hidden Musicians. Music-Making in an English Town.
Ruth Finnegan
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Description for The Hidden Musicians. Music-Making in an English Town.
Paperback. A classic ethnography reveals the worlds of amateur musicians. Back in print with a new preface. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
A landmark in the study of music and culture, this acclaimed volume documents the remarkable scope of amateur music-making in the English town of Milton Keynes. It presents in vivid detail the contrasting yet overlapping worlds of classical orchestras, church choirs, brass bands, amateur operatic societies, and amateur bands playing jazz, rock, folk, and country. Notable for its contribution to wider theoretical debates and its influential challenge to long-held assumptions about music and how to study it, the book focuses on the practices rather than the texts or theory of music, rejecting the idea that only selected musical traditions, "great ... Read more
A landmark in the study of music and culture, this acclaimed volume documents the remarkable scope of amateur music-making in the English town of Milton Keynes. It presents in vivid detail the contrasting yet overlapping worlds of classical orchestras, church choirs, brass bands, amateur operatic societies, and amateur bands playing jazz, rock, folk, and country. Notable for its contribution to wider theoretical debates and its influential challenge to long-held assumptions about music and how to study it, the book focuses on the practices rather than the texts or theory of music, rejecting the idea that only selected musical traditions, "great ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819568533
SKU
V9780819568533
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About Ruth Finnegan
RUTH FINNEGAN is a visiting research professor and emeritus professor in the faculty of social sciences at the Open University in the U.K.
Reviews for The Hidden Musicians. Music-Making in an English Town.
"The best academic book on British popular music I've ever read." - Simon Frith, the Village Voice"