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Aesthetics and Music

by Uk) Andy Hamilton (durham University

  • Hardback
  • 258 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2 cm

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For students and enthusiasts of philosophy and music

Explains complex concepts in musical aesthetics clearly

You will enhance your understanding of music as art

Aesthetics and Music is a profound exploration of music's philosophical depth and aesthetic experience.

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"A gifted philosopher, music critic and jazz performer, Andy Hamilton has produced a book which leaves neither the philosophy nor the music out. He guides us deftly through the aesthetics of Kant and Adorno without neglecting the reality of music as sound and rhythm, improvisation and composition, showing in an unusually open-minded, lively way - and in philosophical depth - how aesthetic experience is universal and human". - Professor John Skorupski, St Andrews University, UK. "An innovative, cross-disciplinary contribution to the philosophy of music, weaving Adorno's Critical Theory with Analytic aesthetics." - Professor Max Paddison, Durham University, UK."The Continuum Aesthetics" series looks at the aesthetic questions and issues raised by all major art forms. Stimulating, engaging and accessible, the series offers food for thought not only for students of aesthetics, but also for anyone with an interest in philosophy and the arts. "Aesthetics and Music" is a fresh and often provocative exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It draws on the rich heritage of the subject, while proposing distinctive new ways of thinking about music as an art form.The book looks at: the experience of listening; rhythm and musical movement; what modernism has meant for musical aesthetics; the relation of music to other 'sound arts'; improvisation and composition; as well as more traditional issues in musical aesthetics, such as absolute versus programme music and the question of musical formalism.Thinkers discussed range from Pythagoras and Plato to Kant, Nietzsche and Adorno. Areas of music covered include classical, popular and traditional music, and jazz. "Aesthetics and Music" makes an eloquent case for a humanistic, democratic and genuinely aesthetic conception of music and musical understanding. Anyone interested in what contemporary philosophy has to say about music as an art form will find this thought-provoking and highly enjoyable book required reading.
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  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    June 2007

  • Weight

    418g

  • Page Count

    258

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780826485182

  • ISBN-10

    0826485189

  • Eden Code

    1004437

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