Musical Understandings: And Other Essays on the Philosophy of Music

by Stephen Davies

Musical Understandings presents an engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of music, written by Stephen Davies--one of the most distinguished philosophers in the field. He explores a range of topics in the philosophy of music, including how music expresses emotion and what is distinctive to the listener's response to this expressiveness; the modes of perception and understanding that can be expected of skilled listeners, performers, analysts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199608776
• ISBN13: 9780199608775
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"