Musical Understandings (eBook)

and Other Essays on the Philosophy of Music

Stephen Davies (Autor)

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2011
228 Seiten
OUP Oxford (Verlag)
978-0-19-161945-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Musical Understandings presents an engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of music, written by Stephen Davies--one of the most distinguished philosophers in the field. He explores a range of topics in the philosophy of music, including how music expresses emotion and what is distinctive to the listener's response to this expressiveness; the modes of perception and understanding that can be expected of skilled listeners, performers, analysts, and composers and the various manners in which these understandings can be manifest; the manner in which musical works exist and their relation to their instances or performances; and musical profundity. As well as reviewing the work of philosophers of music, a number of the chapters both draw on and critically reflect on current work by psychologists concerning music. The collection includes new material, a number of adapted articles which allow for a more comprehensive, unified treatment of the issues at stake, and work published in English for the first time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• ISBN-10: 0-19-161945-0 / 0191619450
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-161945-8 / 9780191619458