The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Music [Hardcover]

The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Musicoffers the first collection of source readings and new essays on the latest thinking in the sociology of music. Interest in music sociology has increased dramatically over the past decade, yet there is no anthology of essential and introductory readings. The volume includes a comprehensive survey of the fields history, current state and future research directions. It offers six source readings, thirteen popular contemporary essays, and sixteen fresh, new contributions, along with an extended Introduction by the editors. The Routledge Reader on the Sociology of Musicrepresents a broad reference work that will be a resource for the current generation of sociologically inclined musicologists and musically inclined sociologists, whether researchers, teachers or students.

Introduction: Music and the Sociological Imagination  Pasts and Prospects  John Shepherd and Kyle DevinePart I.  Source Readings: Forerunners and Founding Figures  1. The Origin and Function of Music Herbert Spencer  2. Psychological and Ethnological Studies on Music Georg Simmel  3. Rational and Social Foundations of Music Max Weber  4. Musical Taste and How It Is Formed John H. Mueller  5. Making Music Together: A Study in Social Relationship Alfred Sch?tz  6. Sociology of Music Theodor Adorno  Part II: Approaches, Sites and Debates  A) The Music Itself 7. Music as Social Meaning Susan McClary  8. Music, the Body and Signifying Practice John Shepherd  9. Music and the Sociological Gaze Peter Martin  B) Creation  1ló$