Accounting and music: The role of Giuseppe Verdi in shaping the nineteenth-century culture industry

Balluchi, Federica; Lazzini, Arianna; Torelli, Riccardo

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“…To this aim, Count Chigi organized six performances of the Messa da Requiem composed by Verdi to commemorate the death of Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873), a famous Italian poet and novelist, and icon of Italian national culture alongside Verdi (see, e.g. Bonghi, 1879, p. XIV;Balluchi et al, 2021). Also the choice of the Messa da Requiem for the concert aimed at rendering opera music more accessible to the general public also outside opera houses (Pinzauti, 1982;Santoro, 2000;Levine, 1988;List, 1946).…”

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“…The initiatives of Count Chigi were in line with the broader process of change taking place in Italy in the early 1900s: at that time, various artistic and cultural programs were undertaken in Italy to overcome the persistent cultural fragmentation of the country in spite of the political unification in 1861 (Colarizi, 2000; Isnenghi, 1998). In that period, Italian nationalism was strongly reflected in the contemporary music culture, which praised Italian artistic creativity and its role in the history of the country (Salvetti, 2000; Balluchi et al ., 2021). An example of this expression is the vast musical program prepared for the Universal Exposition of 1911, which was held in Rome for the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of Unity (Frajese, 1978).…”

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“…Prior studies have highlighted the powerful role of arts in providing for different accounts and means of accountability (see, e.g. Gallhofer and Haslam, 1996) and have pointed to arts, cultural organizations and music as relevant settings for exploring accountability and control (Oakes and Oakes, 2016; Zan, 1998, 2006; Nørreklit, 2011), also through historical perspectives (Balluchi et al ., 2021). As emphasized by McGuigan and Ghio (2019), arts can mitigate the limits of accounting practices and provide for more humanistic forms of accountability.…”

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Accountability and music: accounting, emotions and responses to the 1913 concert for Giuseppe Verdi

Giovannoni

Giorgino

Pietra

2023

AAAJ

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PurposeThis study aims to explore the engagement between accounting and music in the social and relational construction of accountability. The authors conceive this construction as a dynamic and recursive interplay between the giving of different accounts and the responses that these accounts provoke. The authors investigate the emotional dimension of this interplay, as it is also triggered by music, feeding back into how accountability is constructed and evolves over time.Design/methodology/approachThis study relies upon a historical analysis of archival and secondary sources about the main music concert organized in 1913 by the founder of “Accademia Chigiana”, one of the leading music academies in Italy. The concert celebrated the first centenary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, a worldwide famous Italian music composer, and icon of Italian national sentiment.FindingsThis study shows that music and accounting were profoundly intertwined in the social and relational construction of accountability for the 1913 concert. Accountability evolved through different accounts, also linked to music, and the complex emotional reactions these accounts provoked in the audiences, citizens, media and institutions, leading to always further responses and accounts in the ongoing construction of accountability.Originality/valueThis study extends prior literature on the chameleonic nature of accountability, as well as on its relational and emotional dimensions. The study shows that accountability is relationally constructed and evolves over time through the giving of accounts and the emotional reaction they provoke from others, feeding into further responses and accounts of the accountable subject. The authors show how the chameleonic nature of accountability permeates not only the accounts and the relations of accountability but also the subjects giving and demanding the accounts: these subjects change as chameleons through their interactions and emotions, feeding into the dynamic construction of accountability. The authors also show how arts, like music, can participate in the chameleonic nature of accountability and of its subjects, precisely by engaging with their emotional reactions and responses.

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Accountability and music: accounting, emotions and responses to the 1913 concert for Giuseppe Verdi

Giovannoni

Giorgino

Pietra

2023

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“…Accounting influences the creation of the cultural products that mark our existence yet little remains known about the extent of accounting's influence in this regard (Hopwood, 1994; Jeacle, 2021). Research motivated by this notion, however, has attempted to rectify this by considering the historic role of accounting in entertainment (Jeacle, 2021; Rentschler et al, 2021) including popular music and classical music (Balluchi et al, 2021; De Loo and Davis, 2003; Jacobs and Evans, 2012; Miley and Read, 2017; Smith and Jacobs, 2011). These articles represent welcome forays into the relationship between the creative, ‘magical’ practices commonly associated with the creation of music alongside the perceived restrictions that accounting would have on such practices (Negus, 1995).…”

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‘It was pop that was making the bread’: Accounting and musical space at Abbey Road studios

Jubb

2023

Accounting History

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This research considers the relationship between accounting and physical space, focusing on the creation of musical recordings within the musical and ‘magical’ space of Abbey Road Studios during the 1960s. Building on prior studies that have utilised the work of Foucault to theorise accounting's ability to contribute to making space more disciplinary, this study highlights how, at the beginning of the 1960s, accounting was part of a wider regime that rendered the non-disciplinary, musical space of the recording studio visible and controllable in order to standardise musical recording practices. As the period progressed, and against a backdrop of cultural revolution in 1960s Britain, existing rules and procedures were circumvented by musicians, producers and engineers who utilised experimental practices to create non-standardised, ‘magical’, sonic worlds. Control over the musical space of the recording studio waned and so too did accounting's ability to capture and manage the emergent creative practices.

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“…Music is a way for musicians to express their feelings or emotions towards a particular subject, giving hidden meanings in the songs to reflect their perceptions towards the subject. Moreover, music cannot be separated from its historical journey, based on its country of origin (Digli, 2019, Balluchi et al, 2021. In terms of accounting and the accounting profession, musicians have quite a mix of perceptions on the matter.…”

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Perceptions of Accounting and Accountants According to Indonesian Musicians

Hermawan

Tohang

Tandiono

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JASET

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AbstrakTujuan Utama – Sebagai bagian dari bidang akuntansi keuangan, riset ini bertujuan menganalisis persepsi profesi akuntansi dan profesi akuntan dari pandangan musisi Indonesia.Metode – Penelitian ini menggunakan studi penelitian kualitatif untuk mengungkap pengalaman pribadi musisi Indonesia terhadap akuntansi mengenai gagasan kritik sosial yang relevan dengan mewawancarai sejumlah sumber primer yang dilakukan dengan cara wawancara semi terstruktur, tinjauan literatur, dan data analisis.Temuan Utama - Menurut hasil penelitian ini, persepsi stereotip musisi Indonesia konsisten dengan penelitian sebelumnya tentang gambaran masyarakat umum memandang akuntansi. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian ini, musisi yang terkait dengan label rekaman memiliki pemahaman akuntansi yang lebih baik, meskipun faktanya dua dari tiga musisi yang berpartisipasi dalam wawancara penelitian tidak memiliki akuntan pribadi. Temuan ini membuktikan sebuah teori bahwa kurangnya pengalaman dalam akuntansi menjadi alasan musisi Indonesia belum membuat lagu yang berhubungan atau bahkan menggambarkan akuntansi dan profesi akuntansi.Implikasi Teori dan Kebijakan - Teori ekspresi atau theory of expression adalah teori seni dan komunikasi yang menjelaskan bahwa seni dapat dijadikan sebagai alat komunikasi sehingga memungkinkan seni untuk bekomunikasi, tetapi pendapat tentang apa yang dikomunikasikan oleh seni berbeda. Musisi biasanya mengekspresikan perasaan mereka terhadap sesuatu dalam karyanya, tetapi tidak semuanya melepaskan emosinya.Kebaruan Penelitian - Studi ini adalah yang pertama memiliki akses langsung ke musisi untuk memahami sikap mereka terhadap akuntansi dan akuntan yang tidak hadir dalam topik yang jarang dibahas ini. AbstractMain Purpose – As part of the financial accounting research, this paper strives to analyse the profession’s perceptions of accounting and the profession that is accountants, more specifically according to Indonesian musicians.Method - The paper presents a qualitative research study of unravelling the personal experience of established Indonesian musicians towards accounting that may be relevant to the idea of social criticism by interviewing a number of primary sources conducted in the manner of semi-structured interview, literature reviews, and data analysis.Main Findings - According to this research, stereotypical perceptions of Indonesian musicians are consistent with previous research on how the general public views accounting. Based on this research's findings, musicians who are associated with a record label have a greater understanding of accounting, despite the fact that two of the three musicians who participated in the study's interviews did not have a personal accountant. The findings proves the theory, the reason Indonesian musicians have not made any songs that relate or even depict accounting and the accounting profession is because there is still lack of experience within the community.Theory and Practical Implications - The theory of expression is a theory of communication and art, which explains that art communicates, but opinions are varied on what the art is communicating about. Musicians usually express their feelings towards something in their work, but not all of them are releasing their emotionsNovelty - This study is the first to have direct access to musicians in order to understand their attitudes toward accounting and accountant that is not present in this scarcely discussed topic.Keywords: Accounting, Indonesian, Musicians, Perception

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Accounting and music: The role of Giuseppe Verdi in shaping the nineteenth-century culture industry

Cited by 5 publications

References 82 publications

Accountability and music: accounting, emotions and responses to the 1913 concert for Giuseppe Verdi

Accountability and music: accounting, emotions and responses to the 1913 concert for Giuseppe Verdi

‘It was pop that was making the bread’: Accounting and musical space at Abbey Road studios

Perceptions of Accounting and Accountants According to Indonesian Musicians

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