Music and aesthetic reality : formalism and the limits of description / by Nick Zangwill.
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- Language:
- English
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- Physical Description:
- xvi, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2015.
- Summary:
- "In this volume, Zangwill develops a view of the nature of music and our experience of music that foregrounds the aesthetic properties of music. He focuses on metaphysical issues about aesthetic properties of music, psychological issues about the nature of musical experience, and philosophy of language issues about the metaphorical nature of aesthetic descriptions of music. Among the innovations of this book, Zangwill addresses the limits of literal description, generally, and in the aesthetic case. He also explores the social and political issues about musical listening, which tend to be addressed more in continental traditions."--Flyleaf.
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- Music and emotion. Against emotion : Hanslick was right about music ; Music, metaphor and emotion ; Music, emotion and method
- Describing music. Music, metaphor and aesthetic concepts ; Music, essential metaphor, and private language ; Music and politics ; Metaphor as appropriation
- Musical experience. Listening to music together ; Scruton's musical experiences ; Aesthetic experience and aesthetic realism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
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- OCLC:
- 800035919
- Publisher Number:
- 99964350928
- Online:
- The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page
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