Categorii: Diverse
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2020
Editura: Routledge
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 368
Colectie: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
ISBN: 9781138628731
Dimensiuni: l: 15cm | H: 23cm | 2.1cm | 512g
This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musical forms, especially song. Its author, Andrew Kania, begins by asking whether Bob Dylan should even have been eligible for the Nobel Prize in Literature, given that he is a musician.
This motivates a discussion of music as an artistic medium, and what philosophy has to contribute to our thinking about music. Chapters 2-5 investigate the most commonly defended sources of musical value: its emotional power, its form, and specifically musical features (such as pitch, rhythm, and harmony).