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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen Davies (University of Auckland, New Zealand)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.506kg ISBN: 9780199608775ISBN 10: 0199608776 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 25 August 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1: Artistic Expression and the Hard Case of Pure Music 2: Music and Metaphor 3: Cross-cultural Musical Expressiveness: Theory and the Empirical Program 4: Emotional Contagion from Music to Listener 5: Once Again, This Time with Feeling 6: Musical Meaning in a Broader Perspective 7: Musical Understandings 8: The Experience of Music 9: Così's Canon Quartet 10: Perceiving Melodies 11: Musical Colors and Timbral Sonicism 12: Versions of Musical Works and Literary Translations 13: Profundity in Instrumental MusicReviewsThe virtues for which Stephen Davies' writings on the philosophy of music are well-known - his clarity of thought and comprehensiveness of scholarship, his engagement with the psychological as well as the philosophical literature, his grasp of musicological scholarship, and his familiarity with some forms of non-Western music - are all evident in this volume. Together, they make this volume a very desirable one for senior undergraduate or graduate students who want to know the current state of philosophical debate on the issues covered. Paul Thom, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews a diverse and stimulating collection of essays. John Shand, Times Higher Education [H]is writing is lucid and accessible, while never sacrificing precision; his handling of the subject is based on an intimate knowledge of the history and technicalities of music that exhibits an intimidating breadth and depth; and, while being steeped in the tradition of Western classical music, Davies also has an eye on popular music and some non-Western musical practices that lends a much needed cultural sensitivity to his treatment of the philosophical problems. Musical Understandings offers the same accessibility, knowledge, and sensitivity that many in the field have come to expect and admire. * Christopher Bartel, Mind * The virtues for which Stephen Davies' writings on the philosophy of music are well-known - his clarity of thought and comprehensiveness of scholarship, his engagement with the psychological as well as the philosophical literature, his grasp of musicological scholarship, and his familiarity with some forms of non-Western music - are all evident in this volume. Together, they make this volume a very desirable one for senior undergraduate or graduate students who want to know the current state of philosophical debate on the issues covered. * Paul Thom, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * a diverse and stimulating collection of essays. * John Shand, Times Higher Education * The collection does not fail to impress in its attention to detail and variety of music. It is this detail that also offers the greatest rewards of reading Daviess collection. * Hanne Appelqvist, Philosophy in Review, * Musical Understandings is a book worth reading for all interested in musical aesthetics. Both admirers and critics of Daviess earlier work will find new things here, * Saam Trivedi, Analysis * the collection does not fail to impress in its attention to detail and variety of music. It is this detail that also offers the greatest rewards of reading Daviess collection * Hanne Appelqvist, Philosophy in Review XXXIII * a diverse and stimulating collection of essays. John Shand, Times Higher Education Author InformationStephen Davies teaches philosophy at the University of Auckland. He writes mainly about aesthetics and the philosophy of art, and has written extensively on the definition of art, the ontological character of artworks, cross-cultural aesthetics, the expression of emotion in art, and the interpretation and evaluation of art. His books include Musical Works and Performances (Clarendon, 2001), Themes in the Philosophy of Music (OUP, 2003), The Philosophy of Art (Blackwell, 2006), and Philosophical Perspectives on Art (OUP, 2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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