Sounds and Society: Themes in the Sociology of Music (Music and Society)

by Peter J. Martin

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In modern, industrial times society demands, and is supplied with, an increasingly wide range of music on a scale unprecedented in our history. Moreover, technology has provided us with the means to control our aural environment in ways which were unimaginable even a century ago. So why, in an otherwise rationalistic age, does music - perhaps the most emotional and ephemeral of cultural forms - matter so much? In this book, Peter Martin argues for a coherent sociology of music, using certain fundamental sociological ideas to generate a much deeper understanding of the role of music in society. Particular...Read more
  • ISBN10 0719032237
  • ISBN13 9780719032233
  • Publish Date 1 June 1995
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 22 November 1999
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Manchester University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 265
  • Language English