Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences future music production. This free course, Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective, explores how audience reception, changing social situations and technology impact musical performance.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
- 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
- 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
- 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
- 2.1 Gamelan music in context
- 2.2 A wayang golék performance
- 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
- 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
- 3.1 Concert culture
- 3.2 Technological change and the mediation of music
- 4 Conclusion
- 4 Conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Acknowledgements
