{"product_id":"music-and-human-flourishing-9780197646755","title":"Music and Human Flourishing","description":"It has long been accepted that participating in music, either as a performer, listener, or composer, can contribute to human happiness and well-being. This volume, part of \u003cem\u003eThe Humanities and Human Flourishing\u003c\/em\u003e series, explores a fourth musical activity--the act of music scholarship--and reveals how engagement with the cultural, social, and political practices surrounding music contributes to human flourishing in a way that listening, performing, and even composing alone cannot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMusic and Human Flourishing\u003c\/em\u003e contains essays by eleven prominent scholars representing the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory. The essays are divided into three general categories and cover a broad range of topics and music traditions. In Part I, Contemplation, contributors explore a specific facet of music's connection to human flourishing and contemplate new approaches for future action. Part II, Critique, contains essays that challenge past assumptions of the various roles of music in society and highlight the effects that unconscious bias and stereotyping have had on music's effectiveness to facilitate human flourishing. Part III, Communication, features essays that explore how ethnicity, gender, religion, and technology influence our ability to connect with others through music. Collectively, these essays demonstrate how the process of thinking and writing about music and human flourishing can lead to revelations about cultural identity, social rituals, political ideologies, and even spiritual transcendence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Harwell Celenza\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, where she holds a joint appointment in The Writing Seminars and at Peabody Conservatory. She is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eJazz Italian Style, from Its Origins in New Orleans to Fascist Italy and Sinatra\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Gershwin \u003c\/em\u003e(2019). She has also published eight award-winning children's books, including \u003cem\u003eBach's Goldberg Variations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeethoven's Heroic Symphony\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDuke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2016, Celenza co-founded \u003cem\u003eMusic Policy Forum\u003c\/em\u003e, a non-profit that advises local governments about how to create sustainable music ecosystems.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50487591108882,"sku":"9780197646755","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32be4151-8ded-47ce-9cca-aec40cc5a3aa.jpg?v=1730446918","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/music-and-human-flourishing-9780197646755","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}