Knowing Music, Making Music by Benjamin Brinner
How do musicians know what they know? This study explores the nature of musical competence. Using the collaborative structure of gamelan - Javanese ensemble music - as a point of departure, this work lays the foundation for a comprehensive theory of musical competence and interaction. Using illustrative examples from a variety of traditions, Benjamin Brinner first examines the elements and characteristics of musical competence, the different kinds of competence in a musical community, the development of multiple competences, and the acquisition and transformation of competence through time. He then shows how these factors come into play in musical interaction, establishing four intersecting theoretical perspectives based on ensemble roles, systems of communication, sound structures and individual motivations. These perspectives are applied to the dynamics of gamelan performance to explain the social, musical and contextual factors that affect the negotiation of consensus in musical interaction. The discussion ranges from sociocultural norms of interpersonal conduct to links between music, dance, theatre and ritual, and from issues of authority and deference to musicians' self-perceptions and mutual assessments. This work brings together a variety of cognitive approaches and a range of examples from many cultures to suggest ways of integrating our knowledge of music-making both in individual cultures and cross-culturally.-
Thinking in Jazz
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Music as Social Life
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"The Voice of Egypt"
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Music, Culture, and Experience
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Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music
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Music, Race, and Nation
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Music and Gender
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Song Walking
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Making It Up Together
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Engendering Song
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Governing Sound
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P'ungmul
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The Republic of Love
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Erotic Triangles
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May It Fill Your Soul
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D'Albuquerque's Children
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Voices of the Magi
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Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire
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In the Course of Performance
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Sardinian Chronicles
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On Concepts and Classifications of Musical Instruments
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Kwaito's Promise
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Nationalists, Cosmopolitans, and Popular Music in Zimbabwe
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Stambeli
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The Lost Paradise
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Awakening Spaces
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Theory of African Music, Volume I
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Theory of African Music, Volume II
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Music of Death and New Creation
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Music and the Racial Imagination
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Saying Something
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Moving Away from Silence
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A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey
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Jazz Worlds/World Jazz
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Let Jasmine Rain Down
Benjamin Brinner is Professor in the Department of Music, U.C. Berkeley, and winner of ASCAP's Deems Taylor Award for Knowing Music, Making Music. He has studied and taught music in the U.S. and Israel, and conducted research in Indonesia and Israel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226075099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226075095 |
| Title | Knowing Music, Making Music |
| Author | Benjamin Brinner |
| Series | Chicago Studies In Ethnomusicology Cse |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1995-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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