Decentering Musical Modernity

Perspectives on East Asian and European Music History

• Author(s): Tobias Janz, Chien-Chang Yang,
• Publisher: transcript Verlag
• Pages: 374
• ISBN_10: 383944649X
  ISBN_13: 9783839446492
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Music / History & Criticism , Art / Criticism & Theory , History / General , History / Asia / General , History / Europe / General , History / Europe / Germany , History / World , History / Modern / 19th Century , History / Modern / 20th Century / General , History / Social History , Philosophy / General , Philosophy / Social , Political Science / Globalization , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Popular Culture , Social Science / Sociology / General , Music / Instruction & Study / Theory , Music / Genres & Styles / Classical , History / Modern / General ,

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This collection investigates the concept of modernity in music and its multiple interpretations in Europe and East Asia. Through contributions by both European and East Asian musicologists it discusses how a decentered understanding of musical modernity could be matched on multiple historiographical perspectives while being attentive to the specificities of local music and their narratives in East Asia and Europe. The essays connect local, global and transnational history with sociological theories of modernity and modernization, making the volume an important contribution to overcoming the Eurocentric dichotomy between western music and world music within the field of historical musicology.