Absolute Music: The History of an Idea
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199343638ISBN-10:199343632UPC:9780199343638Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Instruction & Study, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Appreciation, ClassicalSize:9.30 x 6.50 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCG4A1Q24Z
Absolute Music: The History of an Idea
What is music, and why does it move us? From Pythagoras to the present, writers have struggled to isolate the essence of "pure" or "absolute" music in ways that also account for its profound effect. In Absolute Music: The History of an Idea, Mark Evan Bonds traces the history of these efforts across more than two millennia, paying special attention to the relationship between music's essence and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199343638ISBN-10:199343632UPC:9780199343638Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Instruction & Study, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Appreciation, ClassicalSize:9.30 x 6.50 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCG4A1Q24Z
Mark Evan Bonds is the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has taught since 1992. He has served as editor-in-chief of Beethoven Forum and has published widely on music, aesthetics, and the philosophy of music.
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