RESPONSES TO MUSICAL SELECTIONS AND SPORT - AN AUDITORY ELICITATION APPROACH

Music is associated with many sport events, yet little research is ava ilable on music and sport. The present study considers several musical selections frequently associated with sport with a focus on the meani ng these musical selections have to the listeners. Other studies of mu sic and society indicate that music may provide a means of promoting a collective consciousness, social integration, and political ideology. The present study utilizes an auditory elicitation approach. That is, respondents wrote the subjective meanings they associated with the mu sical selections as they were being played. The selections elicited a variety of meanings and emotions from the respondents. The responses t o the music are interpreted within the functionalist, critical, and so ciology of emotions/nostalgia frameworks.