Understanding music : philosophy and interpretation / Roger Scruton.

By: Scruton, Roger [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Bloomsbury revelations: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Edition: Bloomsbury revelations editionDescription: x, 241 pages : music ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781474270175; 1474270174Subject(s): Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) | Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) | Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics | Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) | Musikteori | Musik | Musikästhetik | MusikphilosophieDDC classification: 780.1 LOC classification: ML3800 | .S37 2016Other classification: Ijaa Summary: The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of music and the second consists of critical studies of individual composers, thinkers and works including essays on Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven's Ninth, Janácek & Schoenberg, Szymanowski and Adorno. Understanding Music will appeal to specialists in philosophy and musicology and also to music lovers who wish to find deeper meaning in this mysterious art.
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Originally published: London: Continuum, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-234) and index.

The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of music and the second consists of critical studies of individual composers, thinkers and works including essays on Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven's Ninth, Janácek & Schoenberg, Szymanowski and Adorno. Understanding Music will appeal to specialists in philosophy and musicology and also to music lovers who wish to find deeper meaning in this mysterious art.

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