UID:
almahu_9947414698302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511615924 (ebook)
Content:
This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of music. Whereas most books in this field focus on the creation and reproduction of music, Bruce Benson's concern is the phenomenology of music making as an activity. He offers the radical thesis that it is improvisation that is primary in the moment of music making. Succinct and lucid, the book brings together a wide range of musical examples from classical music, jazz, early music and other genres. It offers a rich tapestry incorporating both analytic and continental philosophy, musicology and performance-practice issues. It will be a provocative read for philosophers of art and musicologists and, because it eschews technicality, should appeal to general readers, especially those who perform.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Between composition and performance -- Composing : from Ursprung to Fassung letzter Hand -- Performing : the improvisation of preservation -- The Ergon with Energeia -- Being musical with the other.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521810937
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615924
