Music, Language, and Cognition: And Other Essays in the Aesthetics of Music

by Peter Kivy

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Music, Language, and Cognition is the third collection of Peter Kivy's seminal papers in the philosophy of music. In essays which span his earliest work in the field and his more recent contributions to journals, anthologies, and conference proceedings, Kivy considers the origin of music, the medium of expression in opera, the role of music in film, the nature of an "ideal" performance, and the question of whether absolute music has a meaning, among...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199217653

ISBN13:9780199217656

Release Date:July 2007

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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Arts, Music & Photography Music Philosophy

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