The Fine Art of Repetition: Essays in the Philosophy of Music

by Peter Kivy

Book Overview

Peter Kivy is the author of many books on the history of art and, in particular, the aesthetics of music. This collection of essays spans a period of some thirty years and focuses on a richly diverse set of issues: the biological origins of music, the role of music in the liberal education, the nature of the musical work and its performance, the aesthetics of opera, the emotions of music, and the very nature of music itself. Some of these subjects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521435986
• ISBN13: 9780521435987
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"