The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music

by Lydia Goehr

Book Overview

What is involved in the composition, performance, and reception of classical music? What are we doing when we listen to this music seriously? Why when playing a Beethoven sonata do performers begin with the first note indicated in the score; why don't they feel free to improvise around the sonata's central theme? Why, finally, does it go against tradition for an audience at a concert of classical music to tap its feet? Bound up in these questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195324781
• ISBN13: 9780195324785
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"