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Zusatztext Sounding Off contains much of significant interest. Familiar Kivyan projects are further developed and elucidated here and reward study, but the essays that break new ground are often provocative, important, and worthy of a substantial readership. Informationen zum Autor Peter Kivy was educated at the Walden School in New York City, as well as with private teachers in oboe and music theory. He received his BA with highest honours in Philosophy at the University of Michigan, in 1956, and an MA in Philosophy from that University in 1958. He then went on to receive an MA in Music History from Yale University, and a PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University. He has taught in the Philosophy Department of Rutgers University since 1967, and is presently Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy. Professor Kivy has published numerous books and articles, both historical and analytic, in the philosophy of art, and is a past President of the American Society for Aesthetics. Klappentext This volume presents a selection of lively essays on philosophy of music by Peter Kivy, the leading expert on the subject. He explores the nature of musical genius; the subject of authenticity in performance and interpretation; musical representation and meaning; and the notion of music as the pure, formal structure of expressive sound. Zusammenfassung This volume presents a selection of lively essays on philosophy of music by Peter Kivy, the leading expert on the subject. He explores the nature of musical genius; the subject of authenticity in performance and interpretation; musical representation and meaning; and the notion of music as the pure, formal structure of expressive sound. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE PART I: GENIUS 1: MOZART'S SKULL 2: THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PARTITUR PART II: AUTHENTICITIES 3: A TALE OF TWO AUTHENTICITIES 4: ANCIENT AUTHENTICITIES 5: OPERATIC AUTHENTICITY PART III: MEANING AND REPRESENTATION 6: MESSIAH'S MESSAGE 7: IS NOTHING SACRED? 8: SOUND IN SOUND 9: MUSIC, SCIENCE, AND SEMANTICS PART IV: MUSIC ALONE 10: AUTHORIAL INTENTION AND THE PURE MUSICAL PARAMETERS 11: LEONARD MEYER'S SONATA APPENDICES: SOME CRITICAL RESPONSES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
