Music in the Post-9/11 World

<p><em>Music in the Post-9/11 World</em> addresses the varied and complex roles music has played in the wake of September 11 2001. Interdisciplinary in approach international in scope and critical in orientation the twelve essays in this groundbreaking volume examine a diverse array of musical responses to the terrorist attacks of that day and reflect upon the altered social economic and political environment of post-9/11 music production and consumption. Individual essays are devoted to the mass-mediated works of popular musicians such as Bruce Springsteen and Darryl Worley as well as to lesser-known musical responses by artists in countries including Afghanistan Egypt Mexico Morocco Peru and Senegal. Contributors also discuss a range of themes including the role played by Western classical music in rites of mourning and commemoration invisible musical practices such as the creation of television news music and implicit censorship in the mainstream media. Taken as a whole this collection presents powerful evidence of the central role music has played in expressing shaping and contesting worldwide public attitudes toward the defining event of the early twenty-first century.</p>