| Partly inspired by Attali's notion of the political economy of music and by Foucault's concept of governmentality, the objective of this thesis is to argue that while music is a site of regulatory power, rather than having a repressive or "chilling" effect, regulation is often a catalyst for change. I analyze two examples of music regulation through the use of an analytic framework that helps to classify various forms of control of music. The first study considers the regulation of church music during the Council of Trent in the 16th century. The second study examines the regulation of jazz music in New York City beginning with the 1920s cabaret laws. The productive effects of intense moments of regulation on musical forms, on musical creators or on methods of distribution or consumption, result in the emergence of new forms of music, new creators and/or new audiences. |
