Sounds and Society

Sounds and SocietyAuthor: Peter J. Martin ISBN: 9780719032240 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 17 Oct 1996 Pages: 320 Format: Paperback softback In this introduction to the social analysis of music, the author argues that musical meaning must be understood as socially constructed, rather than inherent, and that the notion of a correspondance between social and musical structures is highly problematic. An alternative approach, based on the

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