Professional Music-Making in London

The role of the musican in their community has been an established form of study for many years, yet this is the first book to make an examination of the place of the mucician in western mucic. Examining the professional performer the author discusses the significance of ritual, myth and humour for the lives of musicans in the west.

Cottrell, Stephen

Preface, 1. Points of Departure, 2. Musicality and Individuality, 3. Self-Conception and Individual Identity: the Deputy System, 4. Musicianship, Small Ensembles, and the Social Self, 5. Orchestras, the Self, and Creativity in Musical Performance, 6. Myth and Humour, 7. The Performance Event: Ritual, Theatre, Play, 8. ... da capo al fine ..., Appendix, Bibliography, Index