On music
Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Routledge
2013
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| Series: | Thinking in action
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as possible to general readers who have no background in philosophy. The emphasis is on instrumental music, but examples are drawn from many cultures as well as from Western classical, jazz, folk, and popular music |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 174 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780415807784 0415807786 0203145771 9781136506550 1136506551 |