This collection investigates the concept of modernity in music and its multiple interpretations in Europe and East Asia. Through contributions by both European and East Asian musicologists it discusses how a decentered understanding of musical modernity could be matched on multiple historiographical perspectives while being attentive to the specificities of local music and their narratives in East Asia and Europe. The essays connect local, global and transnational history with sociological theories of modernity and modernization, making the volume an important contribution to overcoming the Eurocentric dichotomy between western music and world music within the field of historical musicology.

Book Information
ISBN 9783837646498
Author Chien-chang Yang
Format Paperback
Page Count 376
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 666g
Dimensions(mm) 226mm * 147mm * 15mm