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<p>The figure of the street musician has long attracted much attention among scholars working in various academic disciplines. This paper attempts to answer the question of who the street musician / artist actually is. While on a scholarship to Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University in 2013, I conducted a number of surveys and experiments in order better to understand what situations present-day musicians face while playing in the streets and how their social status is changing. Interviews with street performers and their audiences prove to be a valuable source of information. The paper presents the results of my own field research conducted both among street musicians and their audiences, as well as my own personal experience of performing music in public urban spaces in Montpellier, Sète, and Paris</p>
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The figure of the street musician has long attracted much attention among scholars working in various academic disciplines. This paper attempts to answer the question of who the street musician / artist actually is. While on a scholarship to Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University in 2013, I conducted a number of surveys and experiments in order better to understand what situations present-day musicians face while playing in the streets and how their social status is changing. Interviews with street performers and their audiences prove to be a valuable source of information. The paper presents the results of my own field research conducted both among street musicians and their audiences, as well as my own personal experience of performing music in public urban spaces in Montpellier, Sète, and Paris

The Profiles and Artistic Experiences

Musicology Today

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The figure of the street musician has long attracted much attention among scholars working in various academic disciplines. This paper attempts to answer the...

The Profiles and Artistic Experiences

Published Online: May 26, 2024

Page range: 69 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2023-0007

Keywords
street musicians, France, saltimbanques, street artists

© 2023 Joanna Chorzępa, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Profiles and Artistic Experiences

Published Online: May 26, 2024

Page range: 69 - 80

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/muso-2023-0007

Keywordsstreet musicians, France, saltimbanques, street artists

© 2023 Joanna Chorzępa, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
street musicians, France, saltimbanques, street artists