Summarize some of the conclusions about the people and music of Europe as presented in this chapter. (Answers may vary.)
What will be an ideal response?
• (A) "We find some general tendencies within European musical practices," but there is "no single way of being European."
• (B) Where musical practices can be seen to extend to significant populations, these common practices tend to be associated with "sweeping social and political forces such as the relatively recent institutions of nation-states and the much older influences of religion, especially Judaism, Christianity, and Islam."
• (C) Among a particular group of people in specific locations we find great diversity of musical practices, even among individuals living in the group.
• (D) "[E]ven when a performance practice draws on sources from around the world for inspiration, knowledge of the local context is essential for understanding musical practice."
• (E) We can learn about the identity of a European people or ethnic group by understanding the music they produce and enjoy. Yet "[e]ach musician makes choices and performs their identity musically to reference place, religion, and ideologies as they see fit."
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