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Prague Soundscapes
Author: Zuzana Jurková
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A city’s music is made by more than major composers and famous halls. Prague Soundscapes explores Prague through the people who create music, listen to it, and give it social meaning. It leads readers from different forms of public musical life to questions about what these encounters reveal about the city itself.
Zuzana Jurková’s publication takes an ethnomusicological approach. An opera performance appears alongside a festival, a club concert, and music in a religious procession. The focus extends beyond sound to setting, audiences, and the values associated with music. Photographs complement the examination of specific events.
The available public sample includes a scholarly analysis of ideas about Romani music, demonstrating the use of concepts and examples. This English-language e-book suits readers interested in music anthropology, urban culture, and Prague as a space for different communities. EPUB, PDF, and MOBI are available.
Prague Soundscapes approaches Prague as a space of musical relationships. It asks who plays music, for whom, and with what meaning. This perspective shifts attention from the history of compositions to the city’s living culture and its participants.
Book information
- Author
- Zuzana Jurková
- Publisher
- Karolinum
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-80-246-2515-7
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 324
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-246-3053-3) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-246-2596-6) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-246-3054-0)
What is Prague Soundscapes about?
The book examines contemporary musical events in Prague through ethnomusicology and music anthropology. Varied settings reveal how music connects with social groups and different ways of experiencing the city.
Starting points include Refufest, a punk concert at the Modrá vopice club, Rusalka at the National Theatre, and a Hare Krishna procession. This is more than a list of performances: what matters is how people participate in a musical event. The supplied sample extends this scope to cultural ideas about Romani music, using explanations of concepts and specific musical examples.
Themes and motifs
Music and community
Participants in musical events and their social connections.
The sound of the city
Different Prague spaces as settings for musical life.
Cultural ideas
The sample examines how ideas about Romani music arise and operate.
Setting
Prague and its varied concert, theater, club, and public spaces.
Who is this book for?
For ethnomusicology and anthropology students, musicians, and readers interested in Prague’s social life.
Otázky o knihe
What is Prague Soundscapes about?
Prague Soundscapes by Zuzana Jurková explores music and social life in Prague. It is an English-language e-book in EPUB, PDF, and MOBI.
Who is the author?
Zuzana Jurková.
Which e-book formats are available?
EPUB, PDF, and MOBI are available.
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