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Musicking is a term coined by the New Zealand-born musician and sociomusicologist Christoffer Small. According to small Musicking includes not only the music, but also the social behavoirs relating to the act of listening to, celebrating or producing music.

The act of musicking establishes in the place where it is happening a set of relationships, and it is in those relationships that the meaning of the act lies. They are to be found not only between those organized sounds which are conventionally thought of as being the stuff of musical meaning but also between the people who are taking part, in whatever capacity, in the performance; and they model, or stand as metaphor for, ideal relationships as the participants in the performance imagine them to be: relationships between person and person, between individual and society, between humanity and the natural world and even perhaps the supernatural world.

Quote from: Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening (1998)

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A Roadside Verge

Thu, 07/13/2023 - 20:14 By ChristinaHolm
The other day, I pulled over at a wild roadside verge in central Spain on my way back after a few inspiring days of recordings and concerts
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Ballhaus.community – A virtual community

Sun, 11/27/2022 - 20:56 By pup
The Ballhaus association produces performing arts (in the broadest sense of the term) with roots planted in the classical and acoustic music tradition. The purpose of the association is inspired by the New Zealand music sociologist Christoffer Small's thoughts on music as a social and socializing activity; Musicking rather than music!
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Ballhaus' website

Sun, 02/20/2022 - 13:31 By admin1929
First part of the new Ballhaus website is up and running! There are still many minor things to fix over the next few months, but the most important features are in place.
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Baroque'n'rap

Sun, 01/23/2022 - 19:19 By pup
Hip-hop and classical music are not often heard in combination, but both 400-year-old baroque music and modern rap are based on improvisational approaches..
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The Virtual Music Community

Mon, 01/17/2022 - 18:25 By admin
Listening to music, not least in the context of a concert, is a social and socializing activity.
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