The Sound of a City: A Study of the Phenomenon  Paid

by Maciej Smółka (Author)
©2023, Monographs, 210 Pages
Science, Society & Culture

Series: New Americanists in Poland, Volume 16

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The sound of a city is a cultural phenomenon based on the characteristic relationship between music and the cultural specificity of a given urban area. It occurs when artists from a region create music, which is so unique, it becomes indisputably linked with its place of origin in the public discourse. The link becomes so strong, the phenomenon’s name derives from the name of the city. There were numerous examples of such sounds in popular music history, including the Nashville Sound with its specific country music, the psychedelic rock of the San Francisco Sound, Prince’s the Minneapolis Sound, or the Seattle Sound is also known as grunge. This publication explains the terms in which we should research, analyze, interpret, and define the sound of a city.

Cover
Title
Copyright
About the author
About the book
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The Importance of the Phenomenon
Research Goals
Theoretical Framework and Research Techniques
Study’s Structure
Current State of the Research
Part I: Popular Music and the Place
1. Introduction to the Sound of a City
1.1. The Idea
1.1.1. What is the Sound of a City?
1.1.2. The History of the Sounds of Cities
1.1.3. The Importance of the Sounds of Cities
1.2. The City
1.2.1. What is a City?
1.2.2. The Infrastructure
1.2.3. The People
1.2.4. The Artists
1.3. The Sound
1.3.1. What is the Sound?
1.3.2. Which Sound is the Sound?
1.3.3. The Evolution of the Sound
2. Music and the Place
2.1. Musical Geography
2.1.1. What is Musical Geography?
2.1.2. Why Musical Geography is Important?
2.1.3. Music and Cultural Landscape
2.2. Music and Local History
2.2.1. Music and Locality
2.2.2. Music as a Storytelling
2.2.3. Music as a Descriptor of Reality
2.2.4. Music as an Artistic Vision of a Place
2.3. Music and Local Identity
2.3.1. Music and Identities
2.3.2. Music Defines/Defies Identity
2.3.3. Music and Stereotypes
2.3.4. Music, Identity and Place in Feedback
2.4. Music and the Place from Other Perspectives
2.4.1. The Need for Variety
2.4.2. Ethnomusicology
2.4.3. Sociomusicology
2.4.4. Sound Studies
2.4.5. Ecomusicology
2.4.6. Urban Geography
Part II: Methodology
3. Methodology
3.1. Popular Music Studies
3.1.1. Study of a Context
3.1.2. Study of Artists and Audience
3.2. Music Geography
3.2.1. Analyzing Music in a Relation to a Place
3.2.2. Music as an Element of the Geography
3.3. Local History
3.3.1. Historical Interpretation
3.3.2. Study of the Local
3.4. American Studies
3.4.1. Cultural Analysis
3.4.2. Music as a Part of American Culture, History and Landscape
3.4.3. American Studies Approach
3.5. Cultural Studies
3.5.1. Cultural Studies Approaches
3.5.2. Music, Local Identity and Stereotypes
3.5.3. Music as an Element of a Local Culture
3.6. Conducted Research
3.6.1. Discourse Analysis
Part III: A Study of the Phenomenon
4. The Concept of the Sound of a City
4.1. The Sound and a Locality
4.1.1. The Question of Authenticity
4.1.2. The Idea of Home and Place of Origin
4.1.3. The Myth of the Local
4.2. The Sound and the People
4.2.1. The Sound and a Local Identity
4.2.2. The Sound and Its Audience
4.2.3. The Sound and Infrastructure
4.3. The Sound and Popularity
4.3.1. The Sound and Its Creators
4.3.2. The Sound and Media
4.3.3. The Sound as a Commodity
5. The Characteristics of the Sound of a City
5.1. The Development of the Sound of a City
5.1.1. The Role of an Artistic Community
5.1.2. The Role of an Artistic Idea
5.1.3. The Role of a Leader
5.1.4. The Role of a City
5.2. The Nature of the Sound of a City
5.2.1. What Makes the Sound of a City Exist?
5.2.2. The Sound of a City and Globalization
5.2.3. The Sound of a City and Local Music Scenes
5.2.4. The Sound of a City and Music Genre
5.2.5. What is the Sound of a City?
5.3. The Modern Times of the Sound of a City
5.3.1. The Influence of the Sounds
5.3.2. The Sounds in Contemporary Music
5.3.3. The Future of the Sounds
Bibliography
Pages:
210
Year:
2023
ISBN (HARDBACK):
9783631879580 (Active)
ISBN (EPUB):
9783631899984 (Active)
ISBN (PDF):
9783631899977 (Active)
Language:
English
Published:
Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2023. 210 pp., 7 tables.

Maciej Smółka holds a PhD in culture and religion studies from Jagiellonian University and is a scholar specializing in popular music, popular culture and American studies. His studies concern music localities and identities, the music industry, and the specificities of contemporary popular culture.

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