02834nam 2200601Ia 450 991078283140332120231016131151.01-282-05345-097866120534500-19-156806-6(CKB)1000000000745427(EBL)431005(OCoLC)326883695(SSID)ssj0000085384(PQKBManifestationID)11125811(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085384(PQKBWorkID)10010350(PQKB)10387442(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075162(MiAaPQ)EBC431005(Au-PeEL)EBL431005(CaPaEBR)ebr10288404(CaONFJC)MIL205345(EXLCZ)99100000000074542720081106d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAntithetical arts[electronic resource] on the ancient quarrel between literature and music /Peter KivyOxford Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-172129-8 0-19-956280-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-267) and index.Preface; Contents; Part I: The Founding of Formalism; 1. First the Music, and Then the Words; 2. Designs À La Grecque; 3. Body and Soul; Part II: The Fortunes of Formalism; 4. Mood and Music; 5. Persona Non Grata; 6. Action and Agency; 7. Shostakovich's Secret?; Part III: The Fate of Formalism; 8. The Failure of Formalism and the Failure of its Foes; 9. Attention, Ritual, and the Additive Strategy; 10. Musical Morality; 11. Empty Pleasure to the Ear; Bibliography; Index;Peter Kivy presents a fascinating critical examination of the two rival ways of understanding instrumental music. He argues against 'literary' interpretation in terms of representational or narrative content, and defends musical formalism. Along the way he discusses interpretations of a range of works in the canon of absolute music. - ;Antithetical Arts constitutes a defence of musical formalism against those who would put literary interpretations on the absolute music canon. In Part I, the historical origins of both the literary interpretation of absolute music and musical formalism are laidMusic and literatureAbsolute musicMusic and literature.Absolute music.780.08781.17Kivy Peter598495MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782831403321Antithetical arts3849522UNINA