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Berger, Harris M., 1966-

Metal, rock, and jazz : perception and the phenomenology of musical experience / Harris M. Berger. - Hanover, N.H. ; London : Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England, c1999. - xiii, 334 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Music/culture series . - Music/culture series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323) and index.

Berger interviewed and researched the musical lives of heavy metal, rock and jazz musicians in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. "Using ideas from practice theory and phenomenology, Berger shows that musical perception is a kind of practice, both creatively acieved by the listener and profoundly informed by social context.

ISBN: 0819563765 (pbk.) : No price 0819563714 (cased) : No price

LCCN: 98043706

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA367601 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Musical perception.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Rock music--History and criticism.--Ohio--Cleveland
Rock music--History and criticism.--Ohio--Akron
Jazz--History and criticism.--Ohio--Cleveland
Jazz--History and criticism.--Ohio--Akron
Music--Social aspects.

Dewey Class. No.: 781.65