Philosophical Perspectives on Music

An introduction to diverse philosophical perspectives on the nature and value of music, ranging from the ancient Greeks to idealism to phenomenology to contemporary socio-cultural critiques. Designed to introduce the serious music student with no philosophical background to the vitality of music philosophical discourse, it explores a broad range of music philosophical terrain, showing the philsophers' reasons for holding what can seem to the non-philosopher like
extraordinarily bizarre notions, while at the same time pointing out the philosophical shortcomings of what musicians often take for common-sense musical truths.

Summary

An introduction to diverse philosophical perspectives on the nature and value of music, ranging from the ancient Greeks to idealism, from phenomenology to contemporary socio-cultural critiques. The text aims to show the student with no philosophical background the vitality of the discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Bowman, Wayne D. Bowman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.1998
• EAN: 9780195112962
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511296-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Theory of music & musicology, Theory of music and musicology