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Musical concerns : essays in philosophy of music / Jerrold Levinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levinson, Jerrold, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music.
- Jazz--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Jazz.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Essays in philosophy of music
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents a new collection of essays on music by Jerrold Levinson, one of the most prominent philosophers of art today. The essays are wide-ranging and represent some of the most stimulating work being done within analytic aesthetics. Three of the essays are previously unpublished, and four of them focus on music in the jazz tradition.
- Contents:
- Philosophy and music
- The aesthetic appreciation of music
- Concatenationism, architectonicism, and the appreciation of music
- Indication, abstraction, and individuation
- Musical beauty
- Values of music
- Shame in general and shame in music
- Jazz vocal interpretation : a philosophical analysis
- Popular song as moral microcosm : life lesssons from jazz standards
- The expressive specificity of jazz
- Instrumentation and improvisation
- What is a temporal art? / with Philip Alperson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-180077-5
- OCLC:
- 908949795
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