Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I Musicology and sociology: the interface
6. 2 Music and the sociological gaze 13
7. 3 Over the rainbow? On the quest for‘the social’ in musical analysis 32
8. 4 Music and manipulation 56
9. Part II The sound of social stratification: the din of inequity
10. 5 Class, culture and concerts 77
11. 6 Musical life in the ‘first industrial city’ 105
12. Part III Improvisation and interaction
13. 7 Spontaneity and organisation 131
14. 8 ‘Hear me talkin’’ 154
15. 9 Text, context and the cultural object 180
16. Part IV Coda
17. 10 Everyday music 205
18. Bibliography 225
19. Index 241