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aesthetic theory
analytic philosophy of art
Author_R.A. Sharpe
Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto
Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op
Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata Op
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Blues Brothers
brothers
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Claudio Monteverdi
Composer's Designs
Composer’s Designs
davis
Drawing Back
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Error Theory
Expressive Descriptions
Good Life
ideal
Ideal Observer
Ideal Observer Theory
Les Passions De
listener response theory
Metronome Markings
miles
minor
music aesthetics
musical interpretation
Natural Beauty
observer
Orchestral Tutti
philosophy of musical meaning
Profound Utterance
Programme Music
Schubert's Piano Trio
Schubert’s Piano Trio
Silent Music
Soame Jenyns
symphony
theory
value judgement in art
Vice Versa
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Western Classical Music
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781844650002
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 25 Nov 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical listening and practice. It examines the conceptual debates relevant to the understanding and performing of music and grounds the philosophy to practical matters throughout. Ideal for a beginning readership with little philosophical background, the author provides an overview of the central debates enlivened by a real sense of enthusiasm for the subject and why it matters. The book begins by filling in the historical background and offers readers a succinct summary of philosophical thinking on music from the Ancient Greeks to Eduard Hanslick and Edmund Gurney. Chapter 2 explores two central questions: what is it that makes music, or, to be precise, some pieces of music, works of art? And, what is the work of music per se? Is it just what we hear, the performance, or is it something over and above that, something we invent or discover? Chapter 3 discusses a problem pecullar to music and one at the heart of philosophical discussion of it, can music have a meaning? And if so, what can it be? Chapter 4 considers whether music can have value. Are there features about music that make it good, features which can be specified in criteria? Is a work good if and only if it meets with the approval of an ideally qualified listener? How do we explain differences of opinion? Indeed, why do we need to make judgements of the relative value of pieces of music at all? This engaging and stimulating book will be of interest to students of aesthetics, musical practitioners and the general reader looking for a non-technical treatment of the subject.
R. A. Sharpe was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wales, Lampeter.
