1st Edition
Music and Solidarity Questions of Universality, Consciousness, and Connection
By Felicity Laurence
Copyright 2011
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The philosopher Christopher Small suggests that musical meanings are concerned with relationships, both with other human beings and with the world, and that music functions as a means of exploration, affirmation, and celebration of those relationships. If members of different social groups have different values, or different concepts of ideal relationships, then the kinds of performances that... Read more
Introduction; Inspiring Musical Movements and Global Solidarity: Playing for Change, Min-On and El Sistema; On Music, Interconnection, and Consciousness; Universals in Music: Music as a Communicational Space; Examples of Tunisian Intermusicality: Particularism and Universalism; Compositional Process and Intercultural Dialogue: The Role of Music in a Collective Harmonious Consciousness; Orchestrating Multiple Eastern-Western Identities through Music: A Turkish Story; Voices from the Living Heart: Healing Australia’s Dark Past; Music and Human Rights: Towards a Paradoxical Approach; Music Therapy: Connecting through Music; Music Therapy and Strategies for Dialogue; The Case of the Ahwâsh Dance of Morocco: A Contribution of the Specific to the Universal; Musicking and Empathic Connections; Making Musical Space for Peace
Biography
Felicity Laurence
