Music and the Ineffable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jankélévitch, Vladimir.

Contributor:

Abbate, Carolyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The classic work on the philosophy of music—now available in English to a new generation of readersVladimir Jankélévitch left behind a remarkable œbody of work steeped as much in philosophy as in music. His writings on moral quandaries reflect a lifelong devotion to music and performance, and, as a counterpoint, he wrote on music aesthetics and on modernist composers such as Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel. Music and the Ineffable brings together these two threads, the philosophical and the musical, as an extraordinary quintessence of his thought. Jankélévitch deals with classical issues in the philosophy of music, including metaphysics and ontology. These are a point of departure for a sustained examination and dismantling of the idea of musical hermeneutics in its conventional sense.Music, Jankélévitch argues, is not a hieroglyph, not a language or sign system; nor does it express emotions, depict landscapes or cultures, or narrate. On the other hand, music cannot be imprisoned within the icy, morbid notion of pure structure or autonomous discourse. Yet if musical works are not a cipher awaiting the decoder, music is nonetheless entwined with human experience, and with the physical, material reality of music in performance. Music is ";ineffable,"; as Jankélévitch puts it, because it cannot be pinned down, and has a capacity to engender limitless resonance in several domains. Jankélévitch's singular work on music was central to such figures as Roland Barthes and Catherine Clément, and the complex textures and rhythms of his lyrical prose sound a unique note, until recently seldom heard outside the francophone world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

The Charme of Jankélévitch

Jankélévitch’s Singularity

Preface MUSIC AND THE INEFFABLE

One THE “ETHICS” AND THE “METAPHYSICS” OF MUSIC

ORPHEUS OR THE SIRENS?

BEARING A GRUDGE AGAINST MUSIC

MUSIC AND ONTOLOGY

Two THE INEXPRESSIVE “ESPRESSIVO”

THE MIRAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. THE REPRISE

THE ILLUSION OF EXPRESSION

IMPRESSIONISM

THE INEXPRESSIVE AND OBJECTIVITY

VIOLENCE

EXPRESSING NOTHING WHATSOEVER. AFFECTED INDIFFERENCE

THE OPPOSITE, SOMETHING ELSE, LESS. HUMOR, ALLUSION, AND UNDERSTATEMENT

TO DESCRIBE, TO EVOKE, TO RECOUNT ALONG ROUGH LINES

TO SUGGEST IN RETROSPECT

TO EXPRESS THE INEXPRESSIBLE INTO INFINITY

SERIOUS AND FRIVOLOUS, DEEP AND SUPERFICIAL. MUSICAL AMBIGUITY

THE INEFFABLE AND THE UNTELLABLE. THE MEANING OF MEANING

Three THE CHARM AND THE ALIBI

THE POETIC OPERATION

FEVRONIYA, OR INNOCENCE

THE SPATIAL MIRAGE

TEMPORALITY AND THE NOCTURNE

DIVINE INCONSISTENCY. THE INVISIBLE CITY OF KITEZH

THE BERGAMASQUE CHARM. MELODY AND HARMONY

ALLEGRETTO BERGAMASQUE. PIANISSIMO SONORE, FORTE CON SORDINA

WISDOM AND MUSIC

“LAETITIAE COMES”

Four MUSIC AND SILENCE

Notes

Index of Names

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780691268385

069126838X

OCLC:

1434177015