Music, value, and the passions /

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For a century there has been a divergence between what music theorists say music is about and what the ordinary listener actually experiences. Music theory has insisted on a separation of musical experience from the experience of emotions, from the passions. Yet a passionate experience of music is j...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ridley, Aaron (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Emotions in music.
Musique > Philosophie et esthétique.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
Emotions in music
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics
Musikphilosophie
Musikästhetik
Music
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Music and the passions
  • 2. Value and the passions
  • 3. Understanding music
  • 4. Musical melisma
  • 5. Melisma assessed
  • 6. Musical sympathies
  • 7. Distressing music
  • 8. Musical empathies
  • Conclusion.

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