Antithetical Arts On the Ancient Quarrel Between Literature and Music

Zusatztext Kivy's book is written in an extraordinarily clear and lucid style. There is a little surprise, an unexpected or witty observation, a new turn of the argument waiting at every other turn of the page. Furthermore, one might even say that Kivy's prose has a distinctive musical flavor to it... It also has many instructuve historical details on the long debate about how to understand music... Although it is difficult to imagine a narrativist being much impressed by Kivy's arguments, all of them should read this wonderful book. Like music, it can be a source of great pleasure and insight to the reader. Informationen zum Autor Peter Kivy is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. His field of specialization is aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung Peter Kivy presents a fascinating critical examination of the two rival ways of understanding instrumental music. He argues against 'literary' interpretation in terms of representational or narrative content, and defends musical formalism. Along the way he discusses interpretations of a range of works in the canon of absolute music. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PART I: THE FOUNDING OF FORMALISM 1: First the Music, and then the Words 2: Designs à la Grecque 3: Body and Soul PART II: THE FORTUNES OF FORMALISM 4: Mood and Music 5: Persona Non Grata 6: Action and Agency 7: Shostakovich's Secret? PART III: THE FATE OF FORMALISM 8: The Failure of Formalism and the Failure of its Foes 9: Attention, Ritual, and the Additive Strategy 10: Musical Morality 11: Empty Pleasure to the Ear BIBLIOGRAPHY

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Kivy, Kivy, Kivy Peter
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre Relié
• Date de parution: 15.05.2009
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Général, dictionnaires; Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence
• EAN: 9780199562800
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956280-0
• Nombre de pages: 275
• Dimensions (emballage): 14,6 x 21,6 x 2,5 cm
• Catégories: MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory; PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics; Philosophy: aesthetics; Theory of music & musicology; Theory of music and musicology