What Is Music?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Music

Adorno aesthetic interest aesthetics of music Alperson analysis appreciation argues art music artistic audience Beethoven Cambridge Carl Dahlhaus Century characterize composer composition concept contemporary music context conventions culture Dahlhaus Eduard Hanslick emotions emotivist essay evaluation example expressive fact Francis Sparshott function harmony hear human idea improvisation individual interest in music JAAC Joseph Margolis kind language means melody Music Education music history Music Theory music-making musical aesthetics musical experience musical form musical practice musical sounds Musicology nature Nelson Goodman notion object painting perception performance perhaps Peter Kivy philosophical philosophy of music picture piece of music play popular music possible Princeton question relation Renaissance Music representation rhythm Roger Scruton Romantic Romantic music Schoenberg score seeing-in semiotic sense social society song sort Sparshott specific structuralist style suggests symphony things thought tion tonal tone tradition understanding University Press vocal Western York