What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting book, the philosopher Roger Scruton explores the nature and meaning of music from first principles and gives a fascinating analysis of musical organization, together with a provocative account of contemporary civilization and its discontents.
What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? In this exciting book, the philosopher Roger Scruton explores the nature and meaning of music from first principles and gives a fascinating analysis of musical organization, together with a provocative account of contemporary civilization and its discontents.
Roger Scruton is a leading authority on aesthetics, but has also published books on other aspects of philosophy, politics, literature, architecture, and modern culture. Currently a freelance writer and composer, he was previously Professor of Philosophy at Boston University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface List of Music Examples Note to the Reader 1: Sound 2: Tone 3: Imagination and Metaphor 4: Ontology 5: Representation 6: Expression 7: Language 8: Understanding 9: Tonality 10: Form 11: Content 12: Value 13: Analysis 14: Performance 15: Culture Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
Preface List of Music Examples Note to the Reader 1: Sound 2: Tone 3: Imagination and Metaphor 4: Ontology 5: Representation 6: Expression 7: Language 8: Understanding 9: Tonality 10: Form 11: Content 12: Value 13: Analysis 14: Performance 15: Culture Bibliography Acknowledgements Index
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