by Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania (2011)
This is a guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over 50 entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six sections.
John Richardson
Here, Richardson navigates key areas of current thought - from music theory to film theory to cultural theory - to explore what it means that experience of music is now cinematic, spatial, and ultimately visual as much as it is auditory.
Santiago E. Espinosa
On a souvent remarqué l'influence de la philosophie de Schopenhauer sur celle de Wagner et de Nietzsche. On a moins remarqué que Wagner élabora une théorie à partir des thèses philosophiques de Schopenhauer tout en ignorant ses idées musicales.
Kenneth Gloag
"Postmodernism is a term that has been used extensively to describe general trends and specific works in many different cultural contexts. ... This introduction clarifies the term and explores its relevance for music through discussion of specific musical examples from the 1950s to the present day, providing an engagement between theory and practice. ... It outlines and addresses the problems of defining what we mean by postmodernism, explores when postmodernism begins, engages with a broad range of literature and reference sources, inviting wider reading and thinking, and uses specific musical examples to present ways of interpreting music that can be defined as postmodernist."--Publisher description.
W. A. Mathieu
Music is nothing but a sequence of fleeting vibrations that arise and subside. Why can something so insubstantial thrill us, pacify us, or even make us cry? Because, says W. A. Mathieu, whether it’s a cantata or a blues jag, a harmonica solo or a symphony, music always reveals the sacred, making a bridge across the space between us and others, and uniting mind and heart within us. It’s truly a mystical path, and you don’t even need to listen that deeply to discover it. Mathieu’s lively and delightful essays lead you to question what music is, how it works, and what it’s for. And he shows you how to make music a spiritual practice, to understand its value in your life and in the creation of family and community.