Exploring the different roles that musicians and other participants play in musical culture
Music—a mosaic of human collaboration
Designed with flexibility and breadth in mind, The Musician in Society is an exciting new textbook with eighty-eight independent case studies highlighting the social relationships that make music possible. Like colorful tiles combining to form a mosaic, the interlocking stories of The Musician in Society depict human beings working together to make music—close at hand and far away, long ago and right now.
Engaging case studies with integrated Spotify links
Eighty-eight independent case studies highlight varying social roles in music from teacher to conservator and span different historical eras, geographic regions, and musical traditions. Integrated Spotify links provide students with direct access to the music that is discussed.
Students see how various roles function in the current musical world
Profiles of contemporary professionals in each social role in music are presented in every chapter.
Meet the Authors
Brett Boutwell and Blake Howe are musicologists at Louisiana State University, where they developed a first-year course for music majors called "The Musician in Society." They are the recipients of several instructional awards from LSU for their undergraduate teaching, which spans small honors seminars, surveys of music history, and large courses in LSU’s general education catalog.
Table of Contents
Preface for Instructors
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Student
Chapter 1: The Listener
Introduction: Includes profiles of an acoustical engineer and a music therapist working in their professions today
Chapter 2: The Instrument Maker
Introduction: Includes profiles of present-day entrepreneurs in instrument design and repair
Chapter 3: The Teacher
Introduction: Includes profiles of the founder of a community music school and a professional violin teacher in New York City working today
Chapter 4: The Composer
Introduction: Includes profiles of present-day professional composers whose output spans video game music, jazz, and classical concert music
Chapter 5: The Adapter
Introduction: Includes profiles of a recording engineer and an arranger of wind band music working today
Chapter 6: The Performer
Introduction: Includes profiles of an active classical percussionist and a performer of children’s music
Chapter 7: The Patron
Introduction: Includes profiles of an advancement officer in the arts and a present-day philanthropist
Chapter 8: The Facilitator
Introduction: Includes profiles of a contemporary professional music preparer and the founder of an arts management company
Chapter 9: The Influencer
Introduction: Includes profiles of a present-day arts accessibility activist and a professional online music journalist
Chapter 10: The Conservator
Introduction: Includes profiles of a professional archivist of historical recordings and a curator of music exhibits at a museum
Chapter 11: The Disseminator
Introduction : Includes profiles of a disseminator of public-domain sheet music and the manager of a contemporary music streaming service
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Image Credits: Andreas Giger (Boutwell); Armen Howe (Howe)
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