Aesthetics and music / Andy Hamilton
- Author
- Hamilton, Andy, 1957-
- Published
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 246 pages) : illustrations, music
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Aesthetics and music in Ancient Greece -- The concept of music -- The aesthetics of form, the aesthetics of expression, and 'absolute music': aesthetics of music in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The sound of music -- Rhythm and time -- Adorno and modernism: music as autonomous and 'social fact' -- Improvisation and composition.
- Summary
- This text presents a fresh and sometimes provocative exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It draws on the rich heritage of musical aesthetics, while proposing radical new ways of thinking about music as an art form, and our conception of artistic value in music.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781441191502 (electronic bk.)
144119150X (electronic bk.)
9781472545367 (online)
1472545362
9781441137722 (electronic book)
1441137726
0826485189
0826485197
9780826485182
9780826485199
1283207680
9781283207683
9786613207685
6613207683 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-233) and index.
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