Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-233) and index
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Aesthetics and music in Ancient Greece -- The concept of music -- The aesthetics of form, the aesthetics of expression, and 'absolute music': aesthetics of music in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The sound of music -- Rhythm and time -- Adorno and modernism: music as autonomous and 'social fact' -- Improvisation and composition
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This text presents a fresh and sometimes provocative exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It draws on the rich heritage of musical aesthetics, while proposing radical new ways of thinking about music as an art form, and our conception of artistic value in music