Aaron Ridley

Philosophy of Music (eBook, PDF)

Theme and Variations

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Produktbeschreibung

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. Features* Broad, accessible introductory overview to philosophy of music* Original and stimulating insights

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474472036
• Artikelnr.: 72419451

Autorenporträt

Aaron Ridley is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the 'Genealogy' (Cornell University Press, 1998), R.G. Collingwood: A Philosophy of Art (Orion Books, 1998) and Music, Value and the Passions (Cornell University Press, 1995) and the co-editor, with Alex Neill, of Arguing About Art (McGraw-Hill, 1995; 2nd edition: Routledge, 2002) and The Philosophy of Art (McGraw-Hill, 1995).

Inhaltsangabe

The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations
Introduction - Music from Mars
Chapter 1 Understanding
Part 1.Background
Part 2.Central Park in the Dark
I. Music and Words
II. Paraphrase
III. Paraphrase and Art
IV. Paraphrase and Music
V. Understanding Ives
Chapter 2 Representation
Part 1. Background
Part 2. La Cathèdrale Engloutie
I. Detachable Sounds
II. Cryptographical Conventions
III. Musical Thoughts
IV. Resemblances
V. Putting the Title Last
Chapter 3 Expression
Part 1.Background
Part 2 Cynara
I. The Prejudice Against Song
II. Text and Music
III. Appropriateness
IV. Song as Expressive Music
Chapter 4 Performance
Part 1. Background
Part 2. Chaconne
I. Against Ontology
II. Some Objections
III. 'Authenticity'
Chapter 5 Profundity
Part 1. Background
Part 2. Tapiola
I. The Concept of Profundity
II. Expressive Profundity
III. Outlooks and Attitudes
IV. Two Clarifications
V. Sibelius's Profundity
Conclusion The Other Theme.