The Philosophy of Music - by Aaron Ridley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>New and distinctive approaches to five central topics in musical aesthetics are provided in this outstanding book. The topics are: understanding, representation, expression, performance and profundity. The theme of the book is the failure of the orthodox view - that pieces of music are more or less self-contained structures of sound - to account for some important features of our musical experience, and to explain why music should matter to us.In exposing and correcting that failure, the book introduces readers to the main problems and positions in the philosophy of music, proposes fresh solutions to those problems, and offers innovative approaches to the philosophy of song, to musical ontology, and to questions about the value of music. Each chapter is built around a single musical work, which provides a focus for the reader. Features* Broad, accessible introductory overview to philosophy of music* Original and stimulating insights<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Ridley's book is both an introduction to philosophy of music generally and an introduction to an individual, pungently flavoured philosophy of music. His arguments are lively and provocative, and to boot, he writes like a dream. This is the kind of book that reminds one why philosophy matters, especially as applied to the things we love most.--Jerrold Levinson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Aaron Ridley is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He is the author of <i>Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the 'Genealogy'</i> (Cornell University Press, 1998), <i>R.G. Collingwood: A Philosophy of Art</i> (Orion Books, 1998) and <i>Music, Value and the Passions</i> (Cornell University Press, 1995) and the co-editor, with Alex Neill, of <i>Arguing About Art</i> (McGraw-Hill, 1995; 2nd edition: Routledge, 2002) and <i>The Philosophy of Art</i> (McGraw-Hill, 1995).<p>
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