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Author Simon, Julia, 1961- author.

Title Rousseau among the moderns : music, aesthetics, politics / Julia Simon
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
Contents Performance, rhythm, and the constitution of community -- Singing democracy : music and politics -- Rameau and Rousseau on absolute and relative value : the theory/practice problem -- Folk music : authenticity, primitivism, and the uses of roots music -- Rousseau and aesthetic modernity : music's power of redemption -- Conclusion : Rousseau sings the blues
Summary This book reevaluates Jean-Jacques Rousseau through the lens of music theory to question his contribution to thinking about music as an aesthetic force in social life. The author links Rousseau's understanding of concepts in music to the problem of the individual's relationship to the social order. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Knowledge -- Music
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Criticism and interpretation
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Knowledge -- Music
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 fast
Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- Political aspects
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
Music
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Music -- Political aspects
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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