Themes in the Philosophy of Music |
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| Author:
| Davies, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-928017-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.95AUD $120.86 |
Book Description:
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Is music a language of the emotions? How do recorded pop songs differ from works created for live performance? Is John Cage's silent piece, 4'33", music? Stephen Davies's new book collects some of his most important papers on central topics in the philosophy of music. As well as perennial questions, Davies addresses contemporary controversies, including the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of both new and old musical works. These essays, two of them new and...
More DescriptionIs music a language of the emotions? How do recorded pop songs differ from works created for live performance? Is John Cage's silent piece, 4'33", music? Stephen Davies's new book collects some of his most important papers on central topics in the philosophy of music. As well as perennial questions, Davies addresses contemporary controversies, including the impact of modern technology on the presentation and reception of both new and old musical works. These essays, two of them new and previously unpublished, are self-standing but thematically connected, and will be of great interest to philosophers, aestheticians, and to theorists of music and art.