Christopher Small, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christopher Small

New Zealand musicologist

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 07-Sep-2011

Profession: writer, composer, musician, university teacher, musicologist

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Christopher Neville Charles Small (17 March 1927 – 7 September 2011) was a New Zealand-born musician, educator, lecturer, and author of a number of influential books and articles in the fields of musicology, sociomusicology and ethnomusicology.
He coined the term musicking, with which he wanted to highlight that music is a process (verb) and not an object (noun.)