{"product_id":"the-fine-art-of-repetition-essays-in-the-philosophy-of-music-paperback-9780521435987","title":"The Fine Art of Repetition; Essays in the Philosophy of Music (Paperback) 9780521435987","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Fine Art of Repetition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in the Philosophy of Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of essays from Peter Kivy span a period of some thirty years and focus on a richly diverse set of issues providing an enjoyable and insightful introduction to the philosophy of art and music.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Kivy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521435987, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 February 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Peter Kivy is the leading authority in the philosophy of music as practiced in the Anglo-American or 'non-speculative' tradition in philosophy.  He is, to a large extent, responsible for rejuvenating, over the last 20 years, the discipline of music aesthetics through his many papers and books on the topis.\"   Douglas Dempster, Music Theory On-Line\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePeter 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 are viewed as part of the history of ideas, others as current problems in the philosophy of art. A particular feature of the volume is that Kivy avoids the use of musical notation so that no technical knowledge at all is required to appreciate his work. The essays will prove enjoyable and insightful not just to professionals in the philosophy of art and musicologists, or to musicians themselves, but also to any motivated general reader with a deep interest in music.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  PART I: I. Mattheson as philosopher of art\u003cbr\u003e II. Mainwaring's Handel: its relation to English aesthetics\u003cbr\u003e  III. Charles Burney, music critic\u003cbr\u003e  IV. Kant and the Affektenlehre: what he said, and what I wish he had said\u003cbr\u003e  V. Mozart and monotheism: an essay in spurious aesthetics\u003cbr\u003e  VI. Child Mozart as an aesthetic symbol\u003cbr\u003e  VII. Something I've always wanted to know about Hanslick\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. What was Hanslick denying?\u003cbr\u003e  IX. Charles Darwin on music\u003cbr\u003e  X. Herbert Spencer and a musical dispute\u003cbr\u003e  PART II: XI. The fine art of repetition\u003cbr\u003e  XII. Platonism in music: a kind of defense\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. Platonism in music: another kind of defense\u003cbr\u003e  XIV. Orchestrating platonism\u003cbr\u003e  XV. Opera talk: a philosophical 'phantasie'\u003cbr\u003e  XVI. How did Mozart do it?: living conditions in the world of opera\u003cbr\u003e  XVII. How did Mozart do it?: Replies to my critics\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. Live performances and dead composers: on the ethics of musical interpretation\u003cbr\u003e  XIX. On the concept of the 'historically authentic' performance\u003cbr\u003e  XX. Paul Robinson's Opera and Ideas\u003cbr\u003e  XXI. From ideology to music: Leonard Meyer's theory of style change\u003cbr\u003e  XXII. Music and liberal education\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. A new music criticism?\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV. 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