Themes in the Philosophy of Music
- Author: Davies, Stephen
a collection of important and well-known essays by an nfluential philosopher of music . . . Davies is fascinating on his home turf, which is the analytic philosophy of the musical arts, and... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- ONTOLOGY
- 1 John Cage's 4'33. Is it Music?
- 2 Ontologies of Musical Works
- 3 Transcription, Authenticity, and Performance
- 4 The Ontology of Musical Works and the Authenticity of their Performances
- PERFORMANCE
- 5 Authenticity in Musical Performance
- 6 So, You Want to Sing with the Beatles? Too Late!
- 7 What is the Sound of One Piano Plummeting?
- EXPRESSION
- 8 The Expression of Emotion in Music
- 9 Is Music a Language of the Emotions?
- 10 Contra the Hypothetical Persona in Music
- 11 Philosophical Perspectives on Music's Expressiveness
- APPRECIATION
- 12 The Evaluation of Music
- 13 Musical Understandings and Musical Kinds
- 14 Attributing Significance to Unobvious Musical Relationships
- 15 The Multiple Interpretability of Musical Works