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OverviewAntithetical Arts constitutes a defence of musical formalism against those who would put literary interpretations on the absolute music canon. In Part I, the historical origins of both the literary interpretation of absolute music and musical formalism are laid out. In Part II, specific attempts to put literary interpretations on various works of the absolute music canon are examined and criticized. Finally, in Part III, the question is raised as to what the human significance of absolute music is, if it does not lie in its representational or narrative content. The answer is that, as yet, philosophy has no answer, and that the question should be considered an important one for philosophers of art to consider, and to try to answer without appeal to representational or narrative content. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Kivy (Rutgers University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.350kg ISBN: 9780199596294ISBN 10: 0199596298 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 03 March 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface PART I: THE FOUNDING OF FORMALISM 1: First the Music, and then the Words 2: Designs à la Grecque 3: Body and Soul PART II: THE FORTUNES OF FORMALISM 4: Mood and Music 5: Persona Non Grata 6: Action and Agency 7: Shostakovich's Secret? PART III: THE FATE OF FORMALISM 8: The Failure of Formalism and the Failure of its Foes 9: Attention, Ritual, and the Additive Strategy 10: Musical Morality 11: Empty Pleasure to the Ear BIBLIOGRAPHYReviewsAntithetical Arts, like Kivy's earlier books, is a model of clarity and shows great historical sensitivity and engagement with the issues under discussion. Jeanette Bicknell, Mind Kivy's writing style happily shares many of the characteristics of good literature - wit, elegance, clarity, clear narrative development and readability. In short, his book, apart from anything else, is a good read. To the aesthetician, it is also of great philosophical interest, amd places the current debates on musical expression within a historical context. Elisa Galgut, Philosophical Quarterly Antithetical Arts , like Kivy's earlier books, is a model of clarity and shows great historical sensitivity and engagement with the issues under discussion. Jeanette Bicknell Mind 119 Author InformationPeter Kivy is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New Jersey. His field of specialization is aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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