02149    a2200361   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001600136072001700152072001600169072001500185072001500200072001500215072001400230072001400244072001400258072001300272072002100285072002100306072002400327100001900351245008400370250000600454260003200460300001000492520121700502700003001719700003801749131701525820250317111638.0250312042016GB                   eng    a9781317015253  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 56.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aAVLP2thema7 aJBCC12thema7 aJHBS2thema7 aAVR2thema7 a6PB2bisac7 a6RF2bisac7 aAVGP2bic7 aJFCA2bic7 aJHBS2bic7 aAVR2bic7 aMUS0530002bisac7 aMUS0000002bisac7 a306.484209442bisac1 aVincent Dubois10aSociology of Wind BandsbAmateur Music Between Cultural Domination and Autonomy  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20160303  a246 p  bDespite the musical and social roles they play in many parts of the world, wind bands have not attracted much interest from sociologists. The Sociology of Wind Bands seeks to fill this gap in research by providing a sociological account of this musical universe as it stands now. Based on a qualitative and quantitative survey conducted in northeastern France, the authors present a vivid description of the orchestras, the backgrounds and practices of their musicians, and the repertoires they play. Their multi-level analysis, ranging from the cultural field to the wind music subfield and to everyday life relationships within bands and local communities, sheds new light on the social organisation, meanings and functions of a type of music that is all too often taken for granted. Yet they go further than merely portraying a musical genre. As wind music is routinely neglected and socially defined in terms of its poor musical quality or even bad taste, the book addresses the thorny issue of the effects of cultural hierarchy and domination. It proposes an imaginative and balanced framework which, beyond the specific case of wind music, is an innovative contribution to the sociology of lowbrow culture.1 aJean-Matthieu Méon4A011 atranslated by Jean-Yves Bart4A01