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Musicking

The Meanings of Performing and Listening

by Christopher Small

1998 230 pages eng

Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart of traditional studies of Western music by asserting that music is not a thing, but rather an activity. This new work outlines a theory of what Small terms "musicking," a verb that encompasses all musical…

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