Christopher Small

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christopher Small
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1927(1927-03-17)
Age	97
Date Of Death	2011-09-07
Birthplace	Palmerston North
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Manawatu-Wanganui
Horoscope	Pisces

Christopher Small Biography

Christopher Small is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on March 17, 1927 in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. Famous for his contributions to the field of ethnomusicology and sociomusicology. Small may be most well-known for inventing the concept “musicking” to express his notion that the act of music can be described as an ongoing activity rather than being a static object. Small outlined his idea in his 1998 book Musicking The Significances of Listening and Performance.

Both he along with He and Pietro Spada were both prominent 20th-century musicologists. were both well-known musicologists in the 20th century.

He as well as his sister Rosemary were raised at Palmerston North, New Zealand. In the early 1980s, he moved to Spain along with his longtime girlfriend, Jamaican dancer and vocalist Neville Braithwaite; he and Braithwaite were married in 2006.

Christopher Small Net Worth

Christopher Small is one of the richest Novelist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christopher Small 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After attending two universities, Otago University and the Victoria University of Wellington In the following years, he worked as a teacher of music both in New Zealand and England.

As a composer and writer, the composer composed music for orchestra and choral groups and film scores. The most famous of his works are Actions for Chorus – Some Maori Place Names and The Story of Soil.

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Facts & Trivia

Christopher Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Christopher Small celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.

Who was Christopher small?

Christopher Small, a New Zealand-born writer and musicologist who argued that music is above all an active ritual involving those who play and listen to it and only secondarily a matter of “black dots,” as he once called written music, died on Wednesday in Sitges, Spain. He was 84.

What is Christopher Smalls theory of musicking?

According to his own definition, To music is to take part, in any capacity, in a musical performance, whether by performing, by listening, by rehearsing or practicing, by providing material for performance (what is called composing), or by dancing.

Who coined the phrase musicking?

Ibid., 3. Music educator David J. Elliott coined the term “musicing” that literally sounds the same as Smalls term, “musicking.” Elliott explains that his term is a contraction of the words music-making and that it includes performing, arranging, composing, conducting, listening, and improvising.

Is musicking a word?

Noun. Any activity involving or related to music performance , such as performing, listening, rehearsing, or composing.

What is Musicing?

Noun. musicing (uncountable) The art or process of making music.