| Description |
x, 373 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Collection of essays written over the past thirty years and published in various books and journals. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Music and the liberal education -- Platonism in music : a kind of defense -- Platonism in music : another kind of defense -- Orchestrating Platonism -- Live performances and dead composers : on the ethics of musical interpretation -- On the concept of the "historically authentic" performance -- Opera talk : a philosophical "phantasie" -- How did Mozart do it? : living conditions in the world of opera -- How did Mozart do it? : replies to some critics -- Mozart and monotheism : an essay in spurious aesthetics -- Child Mozart as an aesthetic symbol -- Charles Darwin on music -- Mattheson as philosopher of art -- Kant and the Affektenlehre : what he said, and what I wish he had said -- Something I've always wanted to know about Hanslick -- What was Hanslick denying? -- A new music criticism? -- The fine art of repetition -- Is music an art? |
| Subject |
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. |
| Added Title |
Essays in the philosophy of music |
| ISBN |
0521434629 hardback |
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0521435986 paperback |
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