Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience

Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience
ISBN-10
1317158989
ISBN-13
9781317158981
Category
Music
Pages
226
Language
English
Published
2016-05-13
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Stephanie Pitts, Karen Burland

Description

Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience explores the processes and experiences of attending live music events from the initial decision to attend through to audience responses and memories of a performance after it has happened. The book brings together international researchers who consider the experience of being an audience member from a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Whether enjoying a drink at a jazz gig, tweeting at a pop concert or suppressing a cough at a classical recital, audience experience is affected by motivation, performance quality, social atmosphere and group and personal identity. Drawing on the implications of these experiences and attitudes, the authors consider the question of what makes an audience, and argue convincingly for the practical and academic value of that question.

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