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Author Hamilton, Andy, 1957-

Title Aesthetics and music / Andy Hamilton
Published London ; New York : Continuum, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 246 pages) : illustrations, music
Series Bloomsbury Aesthetics
Bloomsbury Aesthetics
Contents Aesthetics and music in Ancient Greece -- The concept of music -- The aesthetics of form, the aesthetics of expression, and 'absolute music': aesthetics of music in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The sound of music -- Rhythm and time -- Adorno and modernism: music as autonomous and 'social fact' -- Improvisation and composition
Summary This text presents a fresh and sometimes provocative exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It draws on the rich heritage of musical aesthetics, while proposing radical new ways of thinking about music as an art form, and our conception of artistic value in music
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index
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Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Appreciation.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Musikästhetik
Esthetica.
Muziek.
Musikestetik.
Musik -- teori, filosofi.
Form Electronic book
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