A rich exploration of the meaning and consequences of Jacques Ranciere's work in relation to music and the aesthetic. 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music and sound-related fields. With an Afterword by Ranciere, newly written specially for this volume, on the role of music in his thought and writingConsiders many aspects of Ranciere's thought, conceived through musical lensesDevelops of key Rancierian concepts including the distribution of the sensible, the aesthetic regime of art, politics and the police, speech and noise, disagreement, equality and moreThe place of music in Ranciere's thought has long been underestimated or unrecognised. Ranciere and Music responds to this absence with a collection of 15 essays by scholars from a variety of music- and sound-related fields, including an Afterword by Ranciere on the role of music in his thought and writing. The essays engage closely with Ranciere's existing commentary on music and its relationship to other arts in the aesthetic regime, revealed through detailed case studies around music, sound and listening.Ranciere's thought is explored along a number of music-historical trajectories, including Italian and German opera, Romantic and modernist music, Latin American and South African music, jazz, and contemporary popular music. Ranciere's work is also set creatively in dialogue with other key contemporary thinkers including Adorno, Althusser, Badiou and Deleuze.ContributorsLo?c Bertrand, Universit? Paris Diderot, France. Kjetil Klette B?hler, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.Jo?o Pedro Cachopo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and University of Chicago, USA. Katharina Clausius, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada.Sarah Collins, University of Western Australia. Murray Dineen, University of Ottawa, Canada.Dan DiPiero, Miami University of Ohio, USA.William Fourie, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.Daniel Frappier, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al, Canada.Martin Kaltenecker, Universit? Paris Diderot, France.Patrick Nickleson, Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Jacques Ranci?re, University of Paris VIII, France.Chris Stover, University of Oslo, Norway.Danick Trottier, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al, Canada.Carina Venter, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.Erik Vogt, Trinity College, CT, USA and University of Vienna, Austria.