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Rousseau among the moderns : music, aesthetics, politics /

This book reevaluates Jean-Jacques Rousseau through the lens of music theory to question his contribution to thinking about music as an aesthetic force in social life. The author links Rousseau's understanding of concepts in music to the problem of the individual's relationship to the soci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simon, Julia, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Performance, rhythm, and the constitution of community
  • Singing democracy : music and politics
  • Rameau and Rousseau on absolute and relative value : the theory/practice problem
  • Folk music : authenticity, primitivism, and the uses of roots music
  • Rousseau and aesthetic modernity : music's power of redemption
  • Conclusion : Rousseau sings the blues.