Routledge

Routledge

English

’The diverse chapters collected in this book address the ways in which our contexts of action are nearly always musicalized. Ubiquitous Musics tells us about popular and folk music in the broadest - and most powerful - manner possible and contributes richly to the study of organizations and everyday life.’ Tia DeNora, University of Exeter, UK 'This volume accepts the world as a place that is full of sounds that come to us uninvited or that we utilize for a number of purposes other than pure listening pleasure ... This innovative book should get people to listen in new and enlightening ways to the continuous music that surrounds us all'. Rock Music Studies ’... recommended for academic libraries serving departments of musicology, sociology, communication, and history’. Music Reference Services Quarterly 'In a sense, Ubiquitous Musics itself is a call to action. Although modest in size, this impressive collection is ambitious in its scope and goals, and by offering a sampling of the history of ubiquitous music and the technologies and spaces through which it is mediated, we are - in the best sense - left wanting more.' Technology and Culture 'This collection, and the idea of ubiquitous musics, provides music scholars with a conceptual and disciplinary space for addressing the vast amounts of non-structural musical consumption that occurs globally.' Music Research Forum ’... readers from many academic disciplines will find something within these pages to which they will want to give nothing less than their full, undivided attention’. Popular Music