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  • Music, Encounter, Togetherness

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    In today's technological and globalised world, music remains a basic dimension of society. Music, Encounter, Togetherness outlines a relational approach to music that creates space for both human agency and social relationship. Throughout the book, author Nicholas Cook puts Euro-American musical traditions into dialogue with other world music cultures, complementing theory-driven approaches with ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Music

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The world teems with different kinds of music - traditional, folk, classical, jazz, rock, pop - and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music, this Very Short Introduction considers the history of music and thinking about music, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Music, Performance, Meaning

    Selected Essays

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    Series series Ashgate Contemporary Thinkers on Critical Musicology Series
    This selection of sixteen of Nicholas Cook's essays covers the period from 1987 to 2004 and brings out the development of the author's ideas over these years. In particular the two keywords of the title -Meaning and Performance- represent critical directions that expand to the point that, by the end of the book, they become coextensive: music is seen as social action and meaning as created by that ... Read more

    $255.00 USD

  • Music as Creative Practice

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    Series series Studies in Musical Perf as Creative Prac
    Until recently, ideas of creativity in music revolved around composers in garrets and the lone genius. But the last decade has witnessed a sea change: musical creativity is now overwhelmingly thought of in terms of collaboration and real-time performance. Music as Creative Practice is a first attempt to synthesize both perspectives. It begins by developing the idea that creativity arises out of ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Taking It to the Bridge

    Music as Performance

    Edited by Nicholas Cook, Richard Pettengill ...
    The overriding aim of this groundbreaking volume—whether the subject is vocal ornamentation in 19th-century opera or the collective improvisation of the Grateful Dead—is to give new recognition to performance as the core of musical culture. The collection brings together renowned scholars from performance studies and musicology (including Philip Auslander, David Borgo, Daphne Brooks, Nicholas Cook ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Music

    Why It Matters

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    As countries went into lockdown in 2020, people turned to music for comfort and solidarity. Neighbours sang to each other from their balconies; people participated in online music sessions that created an experience of socially distanced togetherness.Nicholas Cook argues that the value of music goes far beyond simple enjoyment. Music can enhance well-being, interpersonal relationships, cultural ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • The Schenker Project

    Culture, Race, and Music Theory in Fin-de-siècle Vienna

    by Nicholas Cook ...
    Today we think of Heinrich Schenker, who lived in Vienna from 1884 until his death in 1935, as the most influential music theorist of the twentieth century. But he saw his theoretical writings as part of a comprehensive project for the reform of musical composition, performance, criticism, and education-and beyond that, as addressing fundamental cultural, social, and political problems of the ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Empirical Musicology

    Aims, Methods, Prospects

    Edited by Eric Clarke, Nicholas Cook ...
    The study of music is always, to some extent, "empirical," in that it involves testing ideas and interpretations against some kind of external reality. But in musicology, the kinds of empirical approaches familiar in the social sciences have played a relatively marginal role, being generally restricted to inter-disciplinary areas such as psychology and sociology of music. Rather than advocating a ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Music in Digital Culture

    Edited by Nicholas Cook, Monique M. Ingalls, David Trippett ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    The impact of digital technologies on music has been overwhelming: since the commercialisation of these technologies in the early 1980s, both the practice of music and thinking about it have changed almost beyond all recognition. From the rise of digital music making to digital dissemination, these changes have attracted considerable academic attention across disciplines,within, but also beyond, ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Music

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Nicholas Cook ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 59 min

    What is music? How is it constructed? How is it consumed? Why do you enjoy it at all? In Music: A Very Short Introduction, Nicholas Cook invites us to really think about music and the role it plays in our lives and our ears. Drawing on a number of accessible examples, the author prompts us to call on our own musical experiences in order to think more critically about the roles of the performers ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music

    Edited by Nicholas Cook, Eric Clarke, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, John Rink ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    From the cylinder to the download, the practice of music has been radically transformed by the development of recording and playback technologies. This Companion provides a detailed overview of the transformation, encompassing both classical and popular music. Topics covered include the history of recording technology and the businesses built on it; the impact of recording on performance styles; ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The New (Ethno)musicologies

    by John Baily, Michelle Bigenho, Caroline Bithell, Martin Clayton, Nicholas Cook, Fabian Holt, Laudan Nooshin, Tina K. Ramnarine, Jim Samson, Jonathan P. J. Stock, Martin Stokes, Abigail Wood, Philip V. Bohlman ...
    Series series Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities
    Over the past twenty years, a range of radical developments has revolutionized musicology, leading certain practitioners to describe their discipline as "New." What has happened to ethnomusicology during this period? Have its theories, methodologies, and values remain rooted in the 1970s and 1980s or have they also transformed? What directions might or should it take in the new millennium?The New ... Read more

    $72.89 USD