Music as an Art
Music as an Art begins by examining music through a philosophical lens, engaging in discussions about tonality, music and the moral life, music and cognitive science and German idealism, as well as recalling the author's struggle to encourage his students to distinguish the qualities of good music. Scruton then explains - via erudite chapters on Schubert, Britten, Rameau, opera and film - how we can develop greater judgement in music, recognising both good taste and bad, establishing musical values, as well as musical pleasures.As Scruton argues in this book, in earlier times, our musical culture had secure foundations in the church, the conc…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4729-5571-5
- EAN: 9781472955715
- Produktnummer: 25149191
- Verlag: Bloomsbury
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.5 cm 545 g
- Gewicht: 545
Über den Autor
Sir Roger Scruton is the author of Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music as well as numerous bestselling books of philosophy, history, fiction and criticism. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Bencher of the Inner Temple. He currently teaches an MA course in philosophy for the University of Buckingham.
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