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Record Nr.

UNISA996247983803316

Autore

Cook Nicholas <1950->

Titolo

Music, imagination and culture / / Nicholas Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Clarendon, , 2023

ISBN

1-383-00708-X

0-19-816154-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p. ) : ill., music ;

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

781/.11

Soggetti

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Music form and the listener. Musical and non-musical listening ; Experiencing music as form ; The perception of form : some tests -- Imagining music. Production versus reception ; Imagining music -- Knowing and listening. The two sides of the musical fabric ; Appreciation and criticism -- Composition and culture. Composition versus prediction ; Reification and explanation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a study of musical imagination. Drawing on psychological and philosophical materials as well as the analysis of specific musical examples, the author makes a clear distinction between the province of music theory and that of aesthetic criticism.