The thought of music / Lawrence Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Lawrence, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Musicology--History and criticism.

Musicology.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? The Thought of Music, completing a trilogy on musical understanding with Interpreting Music and Expression and Truth, grapples directly with these fundamental questions--questions especially compelling at a time when humanistic knowledge is enmeshed in debates about its character and future. Lawrence Kramer seeks answers in both thought about music and thought in music--thinking in tones. He skillfully assesses musical scholarship in the aftermath of critical musicology and musical hermeneutics and in view of more recent concerns with embodiment, affect, and performance. This authoritative and timely work challenges the prevailing conceptions of every topic it addresses: language, context, and culture; pleasure and performance; and, through music, the foundations of understanding in the humanities."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Music and the forms of thought

Speaking of music : in search of an idiom

The ineffable and how (not) to say it

Pleasure and valuation

The cultural field : beyond context

Virtuosity, reading, authorship : a genealogy

The newer musicology? Collaboration in theory and practice

Postscript : imagining the score.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0520288807

9780520288799

0520288793

9780520288805

OCLC:

920672186

Publisher Number:

99966323906