The accessibility of music :

Eisentraut, Jochen.

The accessibility of music : participation, reception and contact / Jochen Eisentraut. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - ix, 329 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-316) and index.

An outline topography of musical accessibility. What is musical accessibility? ; Society, atonality, psychology -- Accessibility discourse in rock, and cultural change. Case study 1 : 'Prog' rock/punk rock : sophistication, directness and shock ; Zeitgeist : accessibility in flux -- A valiant failure? : new art music and the people. Case study 2 : Vaughan Williams' National music in context ; Art music, vernacular music and accessibility -- Accessibility, identity and social action. Case study 3a : Accessibility in action : Bahia, Brazil ; 3b : Samba in Wales : how is adopted music accessible? -- Part five. Themes. Some key concepts.

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Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.--Social aspects.

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