Graves, T. (2021) The social and spatial basis of musical joy: folk orc as special refuge and everyday ritual. In: Williams, J. and Horlor, S. (eds.) Musical Spaces: Place, Performance and Power. Jenny Stanford Publishing: New York, pp. 261-278. ISBN 9781003180418 (doi: 10.1201/9781003180418-19)
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Abstract
This chapter draws on existing literature in the fields of music psychology, sociology, and ethnomusicology to suggest possible (if speculative) ways in which this joy and longer term happiness may be a result of social, musical, and spatial factors. It examines experiences of joy in the folk ‘orchestra’ Folk Orc in their rehearsals at CODA music centre in New Milton, Dorset. The chapter discusses how Folk Orc fits into everyday lives, with either a continuous link or as a space cognitively separated from the everyday. The structure of a Folk Orc rehearsal can be described in terms of a ritual. The group meets weekly at the same time, day, and place, with seasonally determined hiatuses. The social, ritual nature of Folk Orc rehearsals and the joy that accompanies them may be thought of in terms of Durkheim’s effervescence, which explains how music is a necessary condition for expression of a ‘collective sentiment’.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Graves, Mr Thomas |
| Authors: | Graves, T. |
| College/School: | University Services > Library and Collection Services > Library |
| Publisher: | Jenny Stanford Publishing |
| ISBN: | 9781003180418 |
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