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Holicipation

Prolegomenon to an Ethnography of Solitary Music-Making

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ID5774966
AuthorsAndrew Killick (corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume15
Issue2
Pages273-299
Publication date2006-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Ethnomusicology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-1221 • E-ISSN: 1741-1920
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17411910600915414
OpenAlexW2088026488
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited26

Solitary music-making for personal satisfaction is a widespread form of musical behaviour that has hitherto been neglected by ethnomusicologists and other students of music. By analogy with "participation" (taking part), this activity might be termed "holicipation" (taking the whole), in that, as the only performer and listener involved, the solitary music-maker personally experiences the whole of the musical event. This paper assesses the treatment (or neglect) of musical holicipation in a wide range of literary and audiovisual sources, and argues that a number of recent developments in the study of music call for a more serious study of holicipation, especially by ethnomusicologists

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