The Fine Art of Repetition: Essays in the Philosophy of MusicPeter Kivy is the author of many books on the history of art and, in particular, the aesthetics of music. This collection of essays spans a period of some thirty years and focuses on a richly diverse set of issues: the biological origins of music, the role of music in the liberal education, the nature of the musical work and its performance, the aesthetics of opera, the emotions of music, and the very nature of music itself. Some of these subjects are viewed as part of the history of ideas, others as current problems in the philosophy of art. A particular feature of the volume is that Kivy avoids the use of musical notation so that no technical knowledge at all is required to appreciate his work. The essays will prove enjoyable and insightful not just to professionals in the philosophy of art and musicologists, or to musicians themselves, but also to any motivated general reader with a deep interest in music. |
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... critics 178 MUSIC AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS X Mozart and monotheism : An essay in spurious aesthetics XI Child Mozart as an aesthetic symbol XII Charles Darwin on music 189 200 214 MUSIC AND EMOTION XIII Mattheson as philosopher of art ...
... critics 178 MUSIC AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS X Mozart and monotheism : An essay in spurious aesthetics XI Child Mozart as an aesthetic symbol XII Charles Darwin on music 189 200 214 MUSIC AND EMOTION XIII Mattheson as philosopher of art ...
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... know about Hanslick 265 XVI What was Hanslick denying ? 276 XVII A new music criticism ? 296 MUSIC ALONE XVIII The fine art of repetition 327 XIX Is music an art ? 360 Preface The essays collected in this volume , written over viii ...
... know about Hanslick 265 XVI What was Hanslick denying ? 276 XVII A new music criticism ? 296 MUSIC ALONE XVIII The fine art of repetition 327 XIX Is music an art ? 360 Preface The essays collected in this volume , written over viii ...
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... Criticism 46 ( 1988 ) , pp . 413- 17. XVI : Journal of Musicology 8 ( 1990 ) , pp . 3-18 . XVII : The Monist 73 ( 1990 ) , pp . 247-68 . Copyright © 1990 by The Mon- ist , LaSalle , IL 61301. Reprinted by permission . XVIII : Pub ...
... Criticism 46 ( 1988 ) , pp . 413- 17. XVI : Journal of Musicology 8 ( 1990 ) , pp . 3-18 . XVII : The Monist 73 ( 1990 ) , pp . 247-68 . Copyright © 1990 by The Mon- ist , LaSalle , IL 61301. Reprinted by permission . XVIII : Pub ...
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... criticism of it . To my surprise , and not quite according to plan , my co - symposiasts , Wye Jamison Allan- brook , Paul Robinson , and Mary Hunter found my paper provoking enough to criticize it quite incisively , for which I am very ...
... criticism of it . To my surprise , and not quite according to plan , my co - symposiasts , Wye Jamison Allan- brook , Paul Robinson , and Mary Hunter found my paper provoking enough to criticize it quite incisively , for which I am very ...
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... Criticism ? ” is an at- tempt to both criticize the new neo - Romantic analysis , and make some advances in a " new criticism " of my own that treats emotive properties " syntactically . " " The Fine Art of Repetition , " the title ...
... Criticism ? ” is an at- tempt to both criticize the new neo - Romantic analysis , and make some advances in a " new criticism " of my own that treats emotive properties " syntactically . " " The Fine Art of Repetition , " the title ...
Contents
Music and the liberal education | 11 |
WORK AND PERFORMANCE | 33 |
Platonism in music A kind of defense | 35 |
Platonism in music Another kind of defense | 59 |
Orchestrating Platonism | 75 |
Live performances and dead composers On the ethics of musical interpretation | 95 |
On the concept of the historically authentic performance | 117 |
THE WORLD OF OPERA | 135 |
Child Mozart as an aesthetic symbol | 200 |
Charles Darwin on music | 214 |
MUSIC AND EMOTION | 227 |
Mattheson as philosopher of art | 229 |
Kant and the Affektenlehre What he said and what I wish he had said | 250 |
Something Ive always wanted to know about Hanslick | 265 |
What was Hanslick denying? | 276 |
A new music criticism? | 296 |
Opera talk A philosophical phantasie | 137 |
How did Mozart do it? Living conditions in the world of opera | 160 |
How did Mozart do it? Replies to some critics | 178 |
MUSIC AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS | 187 |
Mozart and monotheism An essay in spurious aesthetics | 189 |
MUSIC ALONE | 325 |
The fine art of repetition | 327 |
Is music an art? | 360 |
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