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Author Kivy, Peter

Title Music, language, and cognition : and other essays in the aesthetics of music / Peter Kivy
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : music
Contents I. History. Mainwaring's Handel : its relation to British aesthetics -- Herbert Spencer and a musical dispute -- II. Opera and film. Handel's operas : the form of feeling and the problem of appreciation -- Anti-semitism in Meistersinger? -- Speech, song, and the transparency of medium : on operatic metaphysics -- III. Performance. On the historically informed performance -- Ars perfecta : toward perfection in musical performance? -- IV. Interpretation. Another go at the meaning of music : Koopman, Davies, and the meaning of "meaning" -- Another go at musical profundity : Stephen Davies and the game of chess -- From ideology to music : Leonard Meyer's theory of style change -- Sibley's last paper -- In defense of musical representation : music, representation, and the hybrid arts -- Music, language, and cognition : which doesn't belong?
Summary Music, Language, and Cognition is the third collection of Peter Kivy's seminal papers in the philosophy of music. In essays which span his earliest work in the field and his more recent contributions to journals, anthologies, and conference proceedings, Kivy considers the origin of music, the medium of expression in opera, the role of music in film, the nature of an 'ideal' performance, and the question of whether absolute music has a meaning, among other issues. Rich with. critical analysis and informed by the history of both philosophy and music, this volume will be of interest to anyone who likes not only to listen to music, but to think about it as well. - ;Music, Language, and Cognition is the third collection of Peter Kivy's seminal papers in the philosophy of music. In essays which span his earliest work in the field and his more recent contributions to journals, anthologies, and conference proceedings, Kivy considers the origin of music, the medium of expression in opera, the role of music in film, the nature of an 'ideal' performance, and the question of whether absolute music has a meaning, among other issues. Rich with. critical analysis and informed by the history of both philosophy and music, this volume will be of interest to anyone who likes not only to listen to music, but to think about it as well
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index
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Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Cognition.
Music and language.
cognition.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Appreciation.
Cognition
Music and language
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Music -- Psychological aspects
Musik
Interpretation
Musikästhetik
Film
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191527210
0191527211
9781435631090
1435631099
1281149640
9781281149640
9786611149642
6611149643