How does the constant presence of music in modern life—on iPods, in shops and elevators,
on television—affect the way we listen? With so much of this sound, whether imposed or …

The hidden material histories of music. Music is seen as the most immaterial of the arts, and
recorded music as a progress of dematerialization—an evolution from physical discs to …

The Cultural Study of Music is an anthology of new writings that serves as a basic textbook
on music and culture. Increasingly, music is being studied as it relates to specific cultures …

" The scholarship of Michael Spitzer's new book is impressive and thorough. The writing is
impeccable and the coverage extensive. The book treats the history of the use of metaphor …

Two decades after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and one decade into the twenty-
first century, European music remains one of the most powerful forces for shaping …

A theory of the soundtrack is concerned with what belongs to the soundtrack, how a
soundtrack is effectively organized, how its status in a multimedia object affects the nature of …

This article asks why classical music in the UK, which is consumed and practiced by the
middle and upper classes, is being used as a social action program for working class …

Early, Gerald, 176–77 Eckstine, Billy, 15 education, jazz and, 1, 3, 15, 18, 55 Ellington,
Duke, 3, 5, 11, 13, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 72, 74, 75, 120, 133, 197, 232, 273, 281, 326 …

A musical instrument is much more than the sum of its parts. It can be measured and
weighed, its acoustic properties investigated, the ecology of its wood documented, its metals …

Long a taboo subject among critics, rhythm finally takes center stage in this book's dazzling,
wide-ranging examination of diverse black cultures across the New World. Martin Munro's …