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The aesthetics of music

Paperback • 1999 • English

The aesthetics of music

By Roger Scruton

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Now available in paperback, this is perhaps the first comprehensive account of the nature and significance of music from the perspective of modern philosophy, and the only treatment of the subject which is properly illustrated with music examples. The book starts from the metaphysics of sound, distinguishes sound from tone, analyses rhythm, melody, and harmony, and develops a novel account of music, as the intentional object of an imaginative perception. Theargument explores the various dimens...Show more

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9780198167273

Publisher

Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The aesthetics of music

Format

Paperback

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