A Social Critique of Czech Musicality: A Typology of Listeners to Music

• Authors: Bek Mikulas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the autumn of 2001, the author conducted a rather extensive sociological survey in the Czech Republic concerning preferences in music and musical activities. A representative sample of the population, aged between 18 and 75, included more than 1 000 people. The survey Explorer broader contexts of musical consumption as well. A set of questions concerning the relationship of the subjects to social groups defined by nationality and race, and attitudes to violence or sexual orientation, served as indicators of broader cultural values. The exploration of relationships among musical and extra-musical characteristics resulted in constructing a slightly Adornian typology of listeners to music including following types: Brass & Country, Pop Only, Soft Rock, Easy Listening, Hard Core, Classical Tradition, and Love for Everything.

Keywords

EN

CZECH REPUBLIC; MUSIC PREFERENCES; SOCIOLOGY; SURVEY

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Hudební věda (Musicology)
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 63-78
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bek Mikulas

• Mikulas Bek, Hudebni veda, redakce, Etnologicky ustav AV CR, v.v.i., Puskinovo nam. 9, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11CZAAAA09498