The imaginary museum of musical works : an essay in the philosophy of music /

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What is the difference between a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and the symphony itself? Lydia Goehr combines philosophical and historical methods of enquiry to show that a historical perspective is indispensable to a full understanding of musical ontology.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goehr, Lydia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1992.
Subjects:
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Musique > Philosophie et esthétique.
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
Muziekfilosofie.
Music
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. THE ANALYTIC APPROACH
  • 1. A Nominalist Theory of Musical Works
  • 2. A Platonist Theory of Musical Works
  • 3. The Limits of Analysis and the Need for History
  • PART II. THE HISTORICAL APPROACH
  • 4. The Central Claim
  • 5. Musical Meaning: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
  • 6. Musical Meaning: Romantic Transcendence and the Separability Principle
  • 7. Musical Production without the Work-Concept
  • 8. After 1800: The Beethoven Paradigm
  • 9. Werktreue: Confirmation and Challenge in Contemporary Movements.

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