Musical Representations, Subjects, and Objects: The Construction of Musical Thought in Zarlino, Descartes, Rameau, and Weber
- Author: Moreno, Jairo
In this compelling and engaging study, Moreno (Duke Univ.) explores the notion that the developments of music theory are part and parcel of the philosophical conditions of a specific historical... — More…
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$56.25Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations
- Introduction
- 1. Zarlino: Instituting Knowledge in the Time of Correspondences
- 2. The Representation of Order: Perception and the Early Modern Subject in Descartes's Compendium musicae
- 3. The Complicity of the Imagination: Representation, Subject, and System in Rameau
- 4. Gottfried Weber and Mozart's K. 465: The Contents and Discontents of the Listening Subject
- Epilogue
- Glossary of Greek Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index