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Chua Daniel K. L. <1966-> |
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Absolute music and the construction of meaning / / Daniel K.L. Chua [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
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0-511-08901-5 |
1-107-11569-8 |
0-511-01918-1 |
1-280-42029-4 |
0-511-17575-2 |
0-511-15634-0 |
0-511-32540-1 |
0-511-48169-1 |
0-511-05106-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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New perspectives in music history and criticism ; ; 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Absolute music |
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ON THE PREFACE; PART 1 The Garden of Eden; PART 2 The Fruit of Knowledge; PART 3 The Tower of Babel; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is born out of two contradictions: first, it explores the making of meaning in a musical form that was made to lose its meaning at the turn of the nineteenth century; secondly, it is a history of a music that claims to have no history - absolute music. The book therefore writes against that notion of absolute music which tends to be the paradigm for most musicological and analytical studies. It is concerned not so much with what music is, but with why and how meaning is constructed in instrumental music and what structures of knowledge need to be in place for such meaning to exist. From the |
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