Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Perspectives
Author:   Stephen Downes (Royal Holloway - University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415699099


Pages:   324
Publication Date:   02 June 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Stephen Downes (Royal Holloway - University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9780415699099


ISBN 10:   0415699096
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   02 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Stephen Downes 2. Values and Judgments James Garratt 3. Absolute Music Thomas Grey 4. Program Music James Hepokoski 5. Beautiful and Sublime Stephen Downes 6. Dialectics and Musical Analysis Julian Horton 7. Classicism/Neoclassicism Keith Chapin 8. Romanticism/Anti-romanticism Sanna Pederson 9. Jazz – Avant-garde – Tradition Kenneth Gloag 10. Narrative Nicholas Reyland 11. Music and the Moving Image Jeremy Barham 12. Irony Julian Johnson 13. Propaganda Jim Samson 14. Virtuosity and the virtuoso James Deaville

Reviews

""The collection is welcome particularly for the variety of the subjects it includes and the depth of the treatments. The preface and introduction provide an organized entry into the essays: the editor explains the motives behind his editing of the collection and provides synopses of the 14 essays that follow...This volume is suitable for those researching musical aesthetics or philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended."" --J. E. Wickell, Western Washington University, CHOICE


The collection is welcome particularly for the variety of the subjects it includes and the depth of the treatments. The preface and introduction provide an organized entry into the essays: the editor explains the motives behind his editing of the collection and provides synopses of the 14 essays that follow...This volume is suitable for those researching musical aesthetics or philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. --J. E. Wickell, Western Washington University, CHOICE


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Stephen Downes is Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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