Music in the Moment

by Jerrold Levinson

Book Overview

What is required for a listener to understand a piece of music? Does aural understanding depend upon reflective awareness of musical architecture or large-scale musical structure? Jerrold Levinson thinks not. In contrast to what is commonly assumed, Levinson argues that basic understanding of music only requires properly grounded, present-focused attention, and that virtually everything in the comprehension of extended pieces of music that suggests...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801431298
• ISBN13: 9780801431296
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher