Music Alone
Philosophical Reflections on the Purely Musical Experience

Peter Kivy (Author)

9780801499609

Paperback / softback, published 23 May 1991

240 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg

What makes a musical work profound? What is it about pure instrumental music that the listener finds attractive and rewarding? In addressing these questions, Peter Kivy continues his highly regarded exploration of the philosophy of musical aesthetics. He considers here what he believes to be the most difficult subject of all—"just plain music; music unaccompanied by text, title, subject, program, or plot; in other words, music alone."