Overview

Sounding Off brings together a selection of essays on philosophy of music written by Peter Kivy--the leading expert on the subject. The essays fall into four groups, corresponding to Kivy's major interests. Part I contains two essays on the nature of musical genius. In Part II, three essays take up the subject of authenticity in performance, and explore what Kivy terms 'the authenticity of interpretation'. Part III contains four essays concerning the much discussed issues of musical representation and musical meaning. Finally, Part IV consists of three essays on the 'pure musical parameters': these are essays on 'music alone' or 'absolute music'--music as the pure, formal structure of (sometimes) expressive sound. Eight of the eleven essays presented here are previously unpublished, and the book includes two appendices which provide Kivy's responses to criticism.

Full Product Details

Author:   Peter Kivy (Rutgers University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780199697526

ISBN 10:   0199697523
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   28 June 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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 Contents

PREFACE PART I: GENIUS 1: MOZART'S SKULL 2: THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PARTITUR PART II: AUTHENTICITIES 3: A TALE OF TWO AUTHENTICITIES 4: ANCIENT AUTHENTICITIES 5: OPERATIC AUTHENTICITY PART III: MEANING AND REPRESENTATION 6: MESSIAH'S MESSAGE 7: IS NOTHING SACRED? 8: SOUND IN SOUND 9: MUSIC, SCIENCE, AND SEMANTICS PART IV: MUSIC ALONE 10: AUTHORIAL INTENTION AND THE PURE MUSICAL PARAMETERS 11: LEONARD MEYER'S SONATA APPENDICES: SOME CRITICAL RESPONSES APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reviews

Sounding Off contains much of significant interest. Familiar Kivyan projects are further developed and elucidated here and reward study, but the essays that break new ground are often provocative, important, and worthy of a substantial readership. Brandon Cooke, The Philosophical Quarterly

... offering a tour de force of impeccably clear and well-pondered argumentation. The book's straightforward, sparkling and, at times, colloquial style (so typical of Kivy) makes it an accessible and highly rewarding read for a whole range of readers. It offers some significant critical insight into scientific research on music, including a detailed discussion of some recent claims made in psychology and musicology. * Jan Czarnecki, Universa * Sounding Off contains much of significant interest. Familiar Kivyan projects are further developed and elucidated here and reward study, but the essays that break new ground are often provocative, important, and worthy of a substantial readership. * Brandon Cooke, The Philosophical Quarterly *

... offering a tour de force of impeccably clear and well-pondered argumentation. The book's straightforward, sparkling and, at times, colloquial style (so typical of Kivy) makes it an accessible and highly rewarding read for a whole range of readers. It offers some significant critical insight into scientific research on music, including a detailed discussion of some recent claims made in psychology and musicology. Jan Czarnecki, Universa Sounding Off contains much of significant interest. Familiar Kivyan projects are further developed and elucidated here and reward study, but the essays that break new ground are often provocative, important, and worthy of a substantial readership. Brandon Cooke, The Philosophical Quarterly

Author Information

Peter Kivy was educated at the Walden School in New York City, as well as with private teachers in oboe and music theory. He received his BA with highest honours in Philosophy at the University of Michigan, in 1956, and an MA in Philosophy from that University in 1958. He then went on to receive an MA in Music History from Yale University, and a PhD in Philosophy from Columbia University. He has taught in the Philosophy Department of Rutgers University since 1967, and is presently Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy. Professor Kivy has published numerous books and articles, both historical and analytic, in the philosophy of art, and is a past President of the American Society for Aesthetics.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions