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What is music? : an introduction to the philosophy of music
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What is music? : an introduction to the philosophy of music

Author: Philip Alperson
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Alperson
ISBN: 0271013184 9780271013183
OCLC Number: 29315575
Notes: Originally published: Haven Publications, c1987. With an updated bibliography.
Description: 422 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Aesthetics of music : limits and grounds / Francis Sparshott -- The work of making a work of music / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Music and form / Edward T. Cone -- How music moves / Peter Kivy -- Music as a representational art / Jenefer Robinson -- Music as philosophy / Philip Alperson -- On the semiotics of music / Joseph Margolis -- Musical de-composition / Arnold Berleant -- Performance and obligation / Morris Grossman -- Song and music drama / Jerrold Levinson -- The evaluation of music / Stephen Davies -- Music and history / Martin Donougho -- Musical understanding and musical culture / Roger Scruton -- The challenge of contemporary music / Rose Rosengard Subotnik.
Responsibility: edited by Philip Alperson.

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