Sociology of Music

An area could be Richard Peterson's perspective on cultural production and the empirical study of post-war American popular music: consumers who have what they want and/or consumers who want what they have.

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thallo wrote:

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Very nice Thallo, what texts do you suggest ...? or is wiki reliable? It's the first link that comes up... I know it's fashionable and cultural nowadays, but I remain bound to the "old and outdated" texts...

Actually, it could be an opportunity to talk about it ... it seems like an interesting field..

The indispensable classic is always and anyway Adorno, Introduction to the Sociology of Music, who is often even considered the inventor of the sociology of music. It is now a vast discipline, with many specialists. I am not an expert in it, so I too would have read Wikipedia

thallo wrote:

The indispensable classic is always and anyway Adorno, Introduction to the Sociology of Music, who is often even considered the inventor of the sociology of music. It is now a vast discipline, with many specialists. I am not an expert in it, so I too would have read Wikipedia

I agree, Adorno is a mandatory step; regarding him, the following texts:

"On popular music", Rome, Armando

"Recapitulation on the culture industry", in Id., Parva Aesthetica, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1971

Then there are other subjects to deepen like ... Middleton, Peterson, Berger, Becker, DiMaggio, Serravezza and Bourdieu.

thallo wrote:

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I want to know how you did it!

One nice thing about wiki is that there is a bibliography at the bottom; I say "one" because my suggestions are completely different

Kappa, è un sito meraviglioso per le piccole vendette 🙂 lmgtfy , let me google that for you

thallo wrote:

Kappa, it is a wonderful site for small vendettas lmgtfy , let me google that for you

...but I didn't do anything to you. And while it is true that revenge is a dish best served cold... if I did something to you, I don't remember

Regardless of this, do you find the subject interesting? (Useful?) Would you enroll in a course that deals with the topic?

I am not an expert on the subject, but I find it intriguing...

Casta, it wasn't with you, it's just that often a Google search clarifies some questions on its own.

I have some "preconceptions" about the sociology of music, but they are probably the result of the approach I have had toward the subject. I have seen it as a daughter of post-Adornian structuralism, the idea that the market (viewed in a negative and imposing sense) chooses for us the music we will listen to. Adorno hated pop music, but I am certain that the discipline has evolved in the meantime...

thallo wrote:

I have some "preconceptions" about the sociology of music, but they are probably the result of the approach I have had toward the subject.

...you think? I am not an expert, but out of interest, I would like to get my hands on it.

I know it's a whole world, and I would like to know more about it. Unfortunately, very often it is a university subject entrusted to people who are not entirely experts... especially philosophers of music or contemporary historians. I do, however, know of very specialized studies on the subject. One of the most interesting books I came across for my thesis (Repeating ourselves, by Robert Fink) dealt with a series of very interesting sociological themes, such as the spread between the '50s and '70s in the USA of the practice of repetitive listening and its connections with the market for various gadgets, like jukeboxes or things that automatically change the record on the turntable... and all this connected to the birth of minimalism and disco music