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volume, reproducing a special issue of The Journal of Aesthetics
and Art Criticism on "The Philosophy of Music" (Winter 1994) with
a revised introduction and two new articles, is distinguished by its
breadth of content, diversity of approaches, and clarity of argument,
which should make it useful for classroom teaching.
The topics covered include musical representation, the expression
of feeling in music, the metaphysics of operatic speech and song,
musical understanding, musical composition, feminist music theory,
music and politics, music and racial identity, music in non-Western
cultures, and the ontological implications of recording technology
for rock music. The approaches used are philosophical, historical,
social and political, feminist, and ethnomusicological.
The book includes discussions of a great many styles and historical
periods of music, from ancient Greek music and music theory to instrumental
and operatic music in the Western classical tradition, Persian music,
music of the Blackfoot Indians, rock and the blues, and the avant-garde
compositions and performances of John Cage.
The contributors, all eminent scholars in the field, are Philip
Alperson, Noel Carroll, Stephen Davies, Claire Detels, John Andrew
Fisher, Lydia Goehr, Peter Kivy, Jerrold Levinson, James Manns,
Bruno Nettl, Jenefer Robinson, Joel Rudinow, Goran Sorbom, Francis
Sparshott, and Kendall Walton. |
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