ABSTRACT
WINNER OF THE 2019 SOCIETY OF ETHNOMUSICLOGY ELLEN KOSKOFF PRIZE FOR EDITED COLLECTIONS
The Routledge Companion to the Study of Local Musicking provides a reference to how, cross-culturally, musicking constructs locality and how locality is constructed by the musicking that takes place within it, that is, how people engage with ideas of community and place through music. The term "musicking" has gained currency in music studies, and refers to the diverse ways in which people engage with music, regardless of the nature of this engagement. By linking musicking to the local, this book highlights the ways in which musical practices and discourses interact with people’s everyday experiences and understandings of their immediate environment, their connections and commitment to that locality, and the people who exist within it. It explores what makes local musicking "local." By viewing musicking from the perspective of where it takes place, the contributions in this collection engage with debates on the processes of musicking, identity construction, community-building and network formation, competitions and rivalries, place and space making, and local-global dynamics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section I|76 pages
Modes of Local Musicking
chapter 2|14 pages
Protestant-Lutheran Choir Singing in Northern Germany
chapter 4|12 pages
Hyperactive Musical Communities On- and Offline
section II|107 pages
Musicking and the Production of Locality
chapter 7|14 pages
Sounding and Producing Locality
chapter 9|15 pages
“It Gets Better When the People Come to Dance!”
chapter 10|9 pages
Music Contests and Communities
chapter 13|15 pages
Bringing Down the Spirit
section III|96 pages
Pathways to Local Musicking
chapter 15|13 pages
“I am Sorry That We Made you Bleed”
chapter 16|12 pages
Child Musicians and Dancers Performing in Sync
chapter 19|13 pages
Rehearsing Values
section IV|92 pages
Locality, Musical Connections, and Encounters
chapter 22|11 pages
Borders and the Alma Guarani
chapter 23|13 pages
Música Litorânea (Coastal Music)
chapter 24|13 pages
Laughter, Liquor, and Licentiousness
chapter 25|13 pages
Performing the Local
section V|102 pages
Musicking Local Frictions