Title: Musical life in a changing society : aspects of music sociology /
Authors: Blaukopf, Kurt.
Publisher: Amadeus Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Music Social aspects; Music History and criticism
Contents: Goals of the sociology of music -- The search for the origins of music -- The beginnings of sociology -- A conception of the sociology of art : Taine -- History and society as reflected in musicological thinking -- Acoustics, sociology, and ethnology -- Art and the materialistic view of history -- Technical conditions of musical activity -- The work of art : product and factor of social activity -- The problem of the sociology of art in Marx -- Economics, leisure, and lifestyle -- Georg Simmel's contribution to the sociology of music -- Combarieu and French sociology -- Musical analysis and sociology -- Music in the sociology of Max Weber -- The transition to the perception of chordal harmony -- Artistic intent as a sociological concept -- Christianity and desensualization -- Mutations of musical behavior -- Mutations through technical media -- Architecture and music -- Acoustic environment -- Audience research -- Cultural lag -- The economic dilemma of the performing arts -- Theodor W. Adorno -- Ideological harmonization -- New tasks for the sociology of music -- The mediamorphosis of music as global phenomenon.