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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965715603321

Autore

Gracyk Theodore

Titolo

On music / / Theodore Gracyk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2013

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-50655-1

0-415-80778-6

0-203-14577-1

1-136-50656-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Thinking in action

Disciplina

781.1/7

Soggetti

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

More than meets the ear : music and art -- With and without words : listening with understanding -- Music and emotion -- The siren voice of transcendence.

Sommario/riassunto

Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as possible to general readers who have no background in philosophy. The emphasis is on instrumental music, but examples are drawn from many cultures as well as from Western classical, jazz, folk, and popular music.