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Article: Knowing Music, Making Music: Javanese Gamelan and the Theory of Musical Competence and Interaction.
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- June 1, 1997
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Knowing Music, Making Music is really two books in one. Benjamin Brinner presents both a general theoretical study of musical cognition and a case study of Javanese musical knowledge and competency. Brinner summarizes, critiques, and expands upon a wide range of work in fields of cognitive psychology, sociology, anthropology, and ethnomusicology to articulate a set of terms with which, and a theoretical framework through which, he hopes to facilitate the answering of one of those proverbial questions that we all should be able to answer about whatever music we study: How do musicians make music together? As simple as this question appears on the surface, in reality it raises ...
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