Philosophers on music : experience, meaning, and work / edited by Kathleen Stock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stock, Kathleen, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work presents significant new contributions to central issues in the philosophy of music, written by philosophers working in the analytic tradition. Contributors include eminent philosophers of music, as well as experts in other key areas of philosophy. A guide to further reading is included with each article.

Contents:

Part I: Musical ontology

Sounds, instruments and works of music / Julian Dodd

Doing justice to musical works / Michael Morris

Versions of musical works and literary translations / Stephen Davies

Part II: Musical expression

Expression in Music / Derek Matravers

Explaining musical experience / Paul Boghossian

Persona sometimes grata : on the appreciation of expressive music / Aaron Ridley

Part III: Musical meaning

Can music function as a metaphor of emotional life? / Jenefer Robinson

The structure of irony and how it functions in music / Eddy Zemach and Tamara Balter

Part IV: New issues

Music and electro-sonic art / Gordon Graham

Thoughts on rhythm / Roger Scruton.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03509-1

0-19-161530-7

1-281-14920-9

9786611149208

0-19-152665-7

1-4356-1393-7

OCLC:

476243964