Music, value, and the passions /

For a century there has been a divergence between what music theorists say music is about and what the ordinary listener actually experiences. Music theory has insisted on a separation of musical experience from the experience of emotions, from the passions. Yet a passionate experience of music is j...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ridley, Aaron (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Music and the passions
  • 2. Value and the passions
  • 3. Understanding music
  • 4. Musical melisma
  • 5. Melisma assessed
  • 6. Musical sympathies
  • 7. Distressing music
  • 8. Musical empathies
  • Conclusion.