Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

Music is created to be performed, in most cases for an audience, whether in a concert hall, at a street fair or through a radio. But how those listeners receive a piece or style of music influences future music production. This free course, Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective, explores how audience reception, changing social situations and technology impact musical performance.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
• 1 Reception and the musical event in cross-cultural perspective
• 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
• 2 Sundanese gamelan music and its reception
• 2.1 Gamelan music in context
• 2.2 A wayang golék performance
• 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
• 3 Changing patterns of reception: concert culture, recording and broadcasting
• 3.1 Concert culture
• 3.2 Technological change and the mediation of music
• 4 Conclusion
• 4 Conclusion
• References
• Further reading
• Acknowledgements