音乐社会学(上)

Sociology of Music(Part A)

文章译自英语世界权威音乐工具书《新格罗夫音乐与音乐家辞典》(2001)中的“音乐社会学”条目。该条目的作者约翰·谢泼德是当今国际上音乐社会学研究领域的领军学者之一,目前任职于加拿大渥太华卡尔顿大学。该条目内容大致可分为四部分,分别论及音乐社会学的社会学学理基础、学科历史、学科特点,以及该领域当前的四个主要研究方向,即音乐的社会意义、音乐作为社会互动、音乐作为社会认同,以及音乐作为商业化与工业化过程研究。作者对音乐社会学领域的重要学者及其代表作、观点均有简要述评。本中译文是该条目在国内的首次完整呈现,相信这将为国内的音乐社会学研究增添一份重要参考文献。

This translation is translated from the"Sociology of Music"entry in the New Grove Dic-tionary of Music and Musicians(2001),an authoritative music reference book in the English-speaking world.The author of this entry,John Shepherd,is one of the leading scholars in the field of music sociology in the world,and is currently working at Carleton University in Ottawa,Canada.This entry can be roughly divided into four parts,which respectively discussed the theoretical basis,history and characteristics of music sociology as a discipline,and its four main directions of current research,namely:music as social meaning,music as social interaction,music as social identity,and music as commercial and industrial process.The author briefly reviewed the important scholars in the field of music sociology and their representative works and viewpoints.This Chinese transla-tion presents the whole entry for the first time in China.It is believed that this translation will be-come an important new reference to the study of music sociology in China.