The textbook provides students with insight into and overview of the basics of social research on music. It addresses the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How of music research through four perspectives from the sociological study of music: a historical survey of the social study of music ( ), theoretical points of view ( ), and methodological ( ), and pragmatic aspects ( ). The other Ws ( here and  ) are included within the four main perspectives. The four perspectives – history, theory, methodology, and practice – are complementary. Some of the names included in the theory and practice of music are also listed as a part of the history of music sociology, and vice versa. In this way, the book encompasses what Howard S. Becker has conceptualized as an , Kurt Blaukopf as , and Christopher Small as . Covering all the relevant detailsyet concise in structure, this book is ideal for students of the sociology of music, musical education, musicology and of arts and aethestics.    weiterlesen