Music in the World : Selected Essays

256 Pages·2017·3.446 MB·English

by  Timothy Dean Taylor

Music in the World

Music in the World
Selected Essays
TIMOTHY D. TAYLOR
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Chapter 3 was previously published as “The Commodifi cation of Music at the Dawn of the
Era of ‘Mechanical Music.’” Ethnomusicology 51 (spring/summer 2007): 281– 305. Reprinted by
permission of the Society for Ethnomusicology. An earlier version of chapter 4 was previously
published as “The Role of Opera in the Rise of Radio in the U.S.” In Music and the Broadcast Expe-
rience: Performance, Production, and Audiences, edited by Christina Baade and James A. Deaville.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Chapter 5 was previously published as “Stravinsky
and Others.” AVANT: The Journal of the Philosophical- Interdisciplinary Vanguard 4 (2013), http://
avant .edu .pl/ wp- content/u ploads/ Timothy- D - Taylor - S travinsky - a nd- O thers1 .pdf. Chapter 6 was
previously published as “Les festivals de musiques du monde: La diversité comme genre.” Cahiers
d’ethnomusicologie 27 (2014): 49– 63. Chapter 7 was previously published as “Fields, Genres,
Brands.” Culture, Theory and Critique 55 (2014): 159– 74. Reprinted by permission of Taylor &
Francis Ltd., http:// www .tandfonline. com. Chapter 8 was previously published as “The New
Capitalism, UNESCO, and the Reenchantment of Culture.” In Networking the International Sys-
tem: Global Histories of International Organizations, edited by Madeleine Herren. Cham, Switzer-
land: Springer, 2014. Reprinted by permission of Springer. Chapter 9 was previously published
as “Globalized New Capitalism and the Commodifi cation of Taste.” In The Cambridge History of
World Music, edited by Philip Bohlman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Taylor, Timothy Dean, author.
Title: Music in the world : selected essays / Timothy D. Taylor.
Description: Chicago : The U niversity of Chicago Press, 2017. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2016030085 | ISBN 9780226442259 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226442396
(pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780226442426 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Music—Social aspects. | Music—Economic aspects. | Music and globalization. |
World music—History and criticism. | Music trade. | Capitalism.
Classifi cation: LCC ML3916 .T4 2017 | DDC 780.9—dc23 LC record available at
https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030085
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48– 1992 (Permanence of Paper).
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Contents
List of Music Examples ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Culture, Capitalism, Globalization, Music 1
1 The Absence of Culture in the Study of Music 9
2 Music and Affect in the West: The First 2,000 Years 26
3 The Commodifi cation of Music at the Dawn
of the Era of “Mechanical Music” 50
4 The Role of Opera in the Rise of Radio in the US 74
5 Stravinsky and Others 94
6 World Music Festivals as Spectacles of Genrefi cation
and Diversity 114
7 Fields, Genres, Brands 127
8 Neoliberal Capitalism, UNESCO, and the Reenchantment
of Culture 144
9 Globalized Neoliberal Capitalism and
the  Commodifi cation of Taste 155
10 Valuing Music 174
Notes 201 References 209 Index 233

Music Examples
Note: Music examples are available at
www .musicintheworld .org.
Example 1.1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17,
K. 453, III
Example 1.2 Mozart: Don Giovanni, overture
Example 1.3 Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no. 88, I
Example 1.4 Haydn: Symphony no. 88, III
Example 1.5 Haydn: Symphony no. 88, IV
Example 1.6 “Kondástánc,” played by Kisar Zenekar
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