Sounding off : eleven essays in the philosophy of music /
Kivy, Peter.
Sounding off : eleven essays in the philosophy of music / Peter Kivy. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xiv, 296 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mozart's skull -- The case of the purloined partitur -- A tale of two authenticities -- Ancient authenticities -- Operatic authenticity -- Messiah's message -- Is nothing sacred? -- Sound in sound -- Music, science, and semantics -- Authorial intention and the pure musical parameters -- Leonard Meyer's sonata.
"Sounding Off brings together a selection of essays on philosophy of music written by Peter Kivy--the leading expert on the subject. The essays fall into four groups, corresponding to Kivy's major interests. Part I contains two essays on the nature of musical genius. In Part II, three essays take up the subject of authenticity in performance, and explore what Kivy terms 'the authenticity of interpretation'. Part III contains four essays concerning the much discussed issues of musical representation and musical meaning. Finally, Part IV consists of three essays on the 'pure musical parameters': these are essays on 'music alone' or 'absolute music'--music as the pure, formal structure of (sometimes) expressive sound. Eight of the eleven essays presented here are previously unpublished, and the book includes two appendices which provide Kivy's responses to criticism."--Pub. webpage.
9780199697526 0199697523
2012562300
016034657 Uk
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
ML 3800 / .K485 2012
Sounding off : eleven essays in the philosophy of music / Peter Kivy. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - xiv, 296 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mozart's skull -- The case of the purloined partitur -- A tale of two authenticities -- Ancient authenticities -- Operatic authenticity -- Messiah's message -- Is nothing sacred? -- Sound in sound -- Music, science, and semantics -- Authorial intention and the pure musical parameters -- Leonard Meyer's sonata.
"Sounding Off brings together a selection of essays on philosophy of music written by Peter Kivy--the leading expert on the subject. The essays fall into four groups, corresponding to Kivy's major interests. Part I contains two essays on the nature of musical genius. In Part II, three essays take up the subject of authenticity in performance, and explore what Kivy terms 'the authenticity of interpretation'. Part III contains four essays concerning the much discussed issues of musical representation and musical meaning. Finally, Part IV consists of three essays on the 'pure musical parameters': these are essays on 'music alone' or 'absolute music'--music as the pure, formal structure of (sometimes) expressive sound. Eight of the eleven essays presented here are previously unpublished, and the book includes two appendices which provide Kivy's responses to criticism."--Pub. webpage.
9780199697526 0199697523
2012562300
016034657 Uk
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
ML 3800 / .K485 2012