Listening Together

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nate Sloan
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
Technology Surveys

Podcasting presents a form of communication that is aural in nature, and as such generates innovative possibilities for the practice of public music theory. An intimate and personality-driven medium, podcasting reframes “what counts” as music theory. Since podcasting is an enterprise dependent on listener attention, it raises the stakes for why music theory matters. Podcasting diverges from typical academic discourse in its emphasis on story and humanity, requiring theorists to make transparent their interpretative models. This chapter relates the history of podcasting technology, surveys the landscape of public music theory podcasts, and considers the benefits and limitations of this nascent field.

Musical Informance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Headlam
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Leonard Bernstein ◽  
Recorded Music ◽  
Analytical Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
Presentation Formats ◽  
And Performance

The information age has pushed music performance into the era of music informance, in which information and performance are combined in an integrated way. The types of presentation formats and analytical information found in public music theory are ideal for music informance, and present-day explorations of informance on the Internet have a history of noted musical informants including Leonard Bernstein and Glenn Gould. In order to continue to be relevant and to thrive in our connected world, live and recorded music scenarios need to develop ever more innovative ways to enhance music performance with information effectively presented in music informance.

The Critique of Commodification

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Christoph Hermann
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Welfare State

The chapter traces the intellectual history of the term “commodification” and presents major arguments against commodification from different strands of literature. Commodification was introduced into academic discourse in the 1970s by Marxist scholars who analyzed the transformation of culture, the emergence and spread of capitalism, as well as the nature of the welfare state. The term was then picked up by non-Marxist academics in various disciplines, usually to criticize certain kinds of monetary exchange or specific markets rather than capitalism per se. The chapter identifies three major strands of literature with distinctive arguments against commodification: the moral, pragmatic, and materialist critiques. It argues that only the materialist critique is able to see that commodification threatens the livelihood of people and the environment. After discussing differences between the three approaches, the chapter points to an important commonality: all critics of commodification believe that commodification has gone too far in recent decades.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

2007 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fetters ◽  
Thomas Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
Western Music ◽  
History Of

Music theory and the history of ideas

Music and Man ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-149
Author(s):  
F. J. smith
Keyword(s):  
Music Theory ◽  
History Of Ideas ◽  
History Of
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