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The Philosophy of Music : Theme and Variations / Aaron Ridley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748611621
  • 9781474472036
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.1 22
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Understanding -- Chapter 2 Representation -- Chapter 3 Expression -- Chapter 4 Performance -- Chapter 5 Profundity -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary: New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity. The theme of the book is the failure of the orthodox view - that pieces of music are more or less self-contained structures of sound - to account for some important features of our musical experience, and to explain why music should matter to us.In exposing and correcting that failure, the book introduces readers to the main problems and positions in the philosophy of music, proposes fresh solutions to those problems, and offers innovative approaches to the philosophy of song, to musical ontology, and to questions about the value of music. Each chapter is built around a single musical work, which provides a focus for the reader.FeaturesBroad, accessible introductory overview to philosophy of musicOriginal and stimulating insights
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474472036

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Understanding -- Chapter 2 Representation -- Chapter 3 Expression -- Chapter 4 Performance -- Chapter 5 Profundity -- Conclusion -- Index

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New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity. The theme of the book is the failure of the orthodox view - that pieces of music are more or less self-contained structures of sound - to account for some important features of our musical experience, and to explain why music should matter to us.In exposing and correcting that failure, the book introduces readers to the main problems and positions in the philosophy of music, proposes fresh solutions to those problems, and offers innovative approaches to the philosophy of song, to musical ontology, and to questions about the value of music. Each chapter is built around a single musical work, which provides a focus for the reader.FeaturesBroad, accessible introductory overview to philosophy of musicOriginal and stimulating insights

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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