Musical Vitalities: Ventures in a Biotic Aesthetics of Music

by Holly Watkins and Holly Watkins

Does it make sense to refer to bird song--a complex vocalization, full of repetitive and transformative patterns that are carefully calculated to woo a mate--as art? What about a pack of wolves howling in unison or the cacophony made by an entire rain forest?

Redefining music as "the art of possibly animate things," Musical Vitalities charts a new path for music studies that blends musicological methods with perspectives drawn from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022659470X
• ISBN13: 9780226594705
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"