Christopher Small
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Christopher Small Net Worth

Christopher Small (1927-2011) was a New Zealand-born ethnomusicologist and sociomusicologist best known for his concept of "musicking," which he defined as the active process of making and engaging with music. Small argued that music should be seen as a dynamic activity rather than a static object, and he explored this idea in his 1998 book Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day March 17, 1927
Birth Place New Zealand
Age 93 YEARS OLD
Died On Sep 7, 2011 (age 84)
Birth Sign Pisces

💰 Net worth: $20 million (2024)

About

Remembered for his work in the fields of ethnomusicology and sociomusicology, Small is perhaps most famous for inventing the term "musicking" to express his idea that music is an active process rather than a static object. He outlined this idea in his 1998 work Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening.

Before Fame

After studying at both Otago University and the Victoria University of Wellington, he taught music in both New Zealand and England.

Trivia

A Composer as well as an author, he wrote choral and orchestral pieces as well as film scores. His best known works include Actions for Chorus – Some Maori Place Names and The Story of Soil.

Family Life

He and his sister Rosemary grew up in Palmerston North, New Zealand. In the mid 1980s, he settled in Spain with his longtime partner, Jamaican Dancer and vocalist Neville Braithwaite; he and Braithwaite married in 2006.

Associated With

He and Pietro Spada were both prominent 20th-century musicologists.

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