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Author Friedmann, Jonathan L., 1980- author.

Title Musical aesthetics : an introduction to concepts, theories, and functions / by Jonathan L. Friedmann.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 171 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary This book contains six chapters covering key areas of musical aesthetics, including aesthetics of emotions; aesthetics of listening; aesthetics of performance; aesthetics of composition; aesthetics of nature; and aesthetics of commerce. Each chapter adopts an experiential approach to aesthetics, in which perceptual and intuitive musical responses - real-time experiences - are valued as a source of truth. Unlike intellectual aesthetics, which values conscious associations and meticulous artistic appraisals, experiential aesthetics looks primarily at everyday subconscious appreciations. The explorations here draw from the social sciences, hard sciences, philosophy, literature, theology, musicology, humanities, and other fields that directly or indirectly contribute to an understanding of our attraction to music. Presenting user-friendly distillations of numerous theories, concepts, and functions, this book will be of interest to both lay readers and expert practitioners.
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Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music.
Theory of music & musicology.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781527514904 (electronic book)
1527514900 (electronic book)
9781527509405 (hardback)
1527509400 (hardback)