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The social life of musical instruments

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Bates, Eliot·2012·Ethnomusicology
DOI 10.5406/ethnomusicology.56.3.0363
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  • Musical instruments are not separate from the expressive and social use that is made of them.

    “And yet, it should not be ignored by designers and programmers that musical instruments are not separate from the expressive and social use that is made of them (Bates, 2012), and that therefore the two areas should grow in relation to each other.”

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Authors
Bates, E.
Affiliations
Cornell University (US)
Corresponding author
Bates, Eliot
ORCID
Bates, Eliot
Venue
Ethnomusicology
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Published
2012-09-01
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
363-395
ISSN
  • 0014-1836 (ISSN-L)
  • 2156-7417
DOI
10.5406/ethnomusicology.56.3.0363
OpenAlex
W2133700293
Cited by
199
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3
FWCI
119.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Ethnomusicology (publishedVersion)
  • CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • American Research Institute in Turkey
  • Society for the Humanities, Cornell University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Musicology and Musical Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Diverse Musicological Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Music › Music History and Culture
Keywords
musical instruments, material culture, music and society

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