Sporting Sounds Relationships between sport and musicįirst published 2009 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008. He is an Honorary Professor at De Montfort University and the University of Queensland. He has authored many books and articles on various aspects of sport, his most recent work being Anti-Sport Sentiments in Literature. John Bale is Emeritus Professor of Sports Studies at Keele University. He is also a former member of the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and the Hallé Orchestra.
Anthony Bateman is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University. Sporting Sounds is a stimulating and illuminating read for anybody with an interest in either of these cultural forms.
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The use of music to enhance sporting performance professional applications of music in sport sporting anthems as historical commemorations music at the Olympics supporter rock music in Swedish sport Caribbean cricket and calypso music.įrom local fan cultures to international mega-events, music and sport are inextricably entwined. It explores a fascinating range of topics and case studies, including: With contributions from leading international psychologists, sociologists, historians, musicologists and specialists in sports and cultural studies, this book illuminates our understanding of the vital part music has played in the performance, reception and commodification of sport. Sporting Sounds addresses this oversight in an intriguing and innovative collection of essays. Music and sport are both highly significant cultural forms, yet the substantial and long-standing connections between the two have largely been overlooked.