Beethoven's late style is epitomized by his ninth symphony, the "Missa Solemnis", as well as five piano sonatas, five string quartets, a mass, and several smaller piano works. This book examines these late works in light of the musical and philosophical writings of Theodor Adorn…
Focuses on how three major philosophers, Jean-Paul Satre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Roland Barthes, all played the piano and describes how the piano played an instrumental role in each person's life.
In this intimate meditation on listening, Peter Szendy examines what the role of the listener is, and has been, through the centuries. The role of the composer is clear, as is the role of the musician, but where exactly does the listener stand in relation to the music s/he liste…
Drawing on philosophy, psychology, musicology, linguistics, and anthropology, Higgins's richly researched study showcases the ways music is used in rituals, education, work, and healing, and examines how it provides such a reliable source of security and joy. With its profound i…
"From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. In The Music between Us, philosopher Kathleen Marie Higgins investigates this role, examining the features of huma…
"In addition to being a great composer, Richard Wagner was also an important philosopher. Julian Young begins by examining the philosophy of art and society Wagner constructs during his time as a revolutionary anarchist-communist. Modernity, Wagner argued, is to be rescued from …
The Nature of Nordic Music
by Howell, Tim, Michael Fjeldsøe, Sanne Krogh Groth, Hans Weisethaunet, Andrew Bentley, James Andean, Àrni Heimir Ingòlfsson, Henrik Marstal, Margret Sigrun Sigurdardottir, Haftor Medbøe, Tor Dybo, Meri Kytö, Juha Torvinen, Susanna Välimäki, Tim Howell, Richard Powell, Michael Rofe
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The Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy celebrates the ways in which musicians have historically called upon philosophy as a source of inspiration and encouragement, and scholars of music through the ages have turned to philosophy for insight into music and into the …
The question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. This book presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which argues deftly for the thinking of music as a discourse in its…
Traces the political, historical, and philosophical trajectories of a specifically German tradition in which thinkers take recourse to music, both as an aesthetic practice and as the object of their speculative work. This volume examines the texts of such influential writers and…