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Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

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Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

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Full title

Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

Publisher

Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 1997.

Alternative title

Music and meaning.

Date

1997.

Call Numbers

N781.7/15

Record Identifier

74VM8lpyokQd

MMS ID

991000313429702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xii, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

1. Introduction: New Ways of Thinking about Musical Meaning / Jenefer Robinson -- 2. Language and the Interpretation of Music / Leo Treitler -- 3. Listening with Imagination: Is Music Representational? / Kendall Walton -- 4. Musical Idiosyncrasy and Perspectival Listening / Kathleen Marie Higgins --...

Publication information

Publisher

Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 1997.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

1997.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"This volume focuses on the many and various kinds of meaning in music. Do musical meanings exist exclusively in internal, formal musical relations or might they also be found in the relationship between music and other areas of experience, such as action, emotion, ideas, and values? Also discussed is the vexed question why people listen to and app...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Music & meaning / edited by Jenefer Robinson.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N781.7/15

Record Identifier

74VM8lpyokQd

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8lpyokQd

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ISBN

0801483670 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780801432996 (cloth : alk. paper)

0801432995 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780801483677 (pbk. : alk. paper)

DDC

781.17

MMS ID

991000313429702626

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