Prague soundscapes /

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Imprint:[Prague, Czech Republic] : Karolinum Press, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (320 pages) : color illustrations, photographs
Language:English
Subject:
Music -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- History and criticism.
Ethnomusicology -- Czech Republic -- Prague.
Performing arts -- Czech Republic -- Prague.
Ethnomusicology.
Music.
Performing arts.
Czech Republic -- Prague.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11238403
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Other authors / contributors:Jurková, Zuzana, author.
Havelka, Miloš, reviewer.
Rădulescu, Speranța, reviewer.
Sherman, Tamah, proofreader.
Levy, Valerie, translator.
Morgan, Daniel, 1970- proofreader.
ISBN:9788024625966
8024625962
9788024625157
Notes:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 21, 2014).
Summary:Prague Soundscapes is the first book focusing on music in Prague from other than musical-historical perspectives. It approaches musical events in present-day Prague from an ethno-musicological position, sometimes called musical anthropology. We take in, for instance, the Refufest festival, a punk concert at the Modrá vopice club, a performance of Dvorák's Rusalka at the National Theatre or accompany followers of the Hare Krishna and their procession through Prague - not just to see and ""hear"" their music, but also to learn who makes and listens to it and why. An abundance of photographs accom.
Other form:Print version: Prague soundscapes. [Prague, Czech Republic] : Karolinum Press, ©2014 320 pages 9788024625157
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Listening to the music of a city; Listening to the music of a city; Writing about the music of a city, specifically Prague; Chapter 2 Music and identity; Music and identity; The myth of Romani music in contemporary Prague; Feng-yün Song Voice Painting; Nowruz, twice in a different way; "Ethnic" music for entertainment; Malanka, the Ukrainian ball ; Refufest ; What does it mean?; Chapter 3 Music and social stratification; Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka; Alan Lomax on music as an indicator of social complexity; The Makropulos Case as a semiotic experience.
  • Lucid dreams of Mr. William Heerlein LindleyChapter 4 Music and rebellion; Benefest Vol. 1; Face tigers and Stillknox; Rock'n'roll Rebel; Michel Maffesoli on Urban Nomads; Tom Stoppard: Rock 'n' Roll ; Chapter 5 Music as goods; Film Mňága
  • Happy End; Music as Goods/Business; Creative Commons; Public Seminar of the Czech Radio Council on music program direction of Czech Radio 1; Děti ráje (Children of Paradise)
  • collective memory as business; Theodor Adorno on popular music and its fetishist character; How to Have a Number One the Easy Way; A Walk along the Royal Road.
  • Prague Castle Concert Pearls of Czech and World Classical MusicChapter 6 Electronic Dance Music; Electronic Dance Music; Loss Tekenos in the Cross Club; History of Electronic Dance Music; Andělka Free Party ; Syllabus
  • Psychedelic Trance and Broken Beatz; Judith Becker on music and trance; Unlocking the groove of habit; Chapter 7 Music and spirituality; Hare Krishna Mantra in Prague streets: the sacred, music and trance; The Saint Wenceslas Festival; Thomas Turino on Music as Social Life; Gospel Workshop; Summary; References.

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