Musical Understandings presents an engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of music, written by Stephen Davies-one of the most distinguished philosophers in the field. He explores a range of topics in the philosophy of music, including how music expresses emotion and what is distinctive to the listener's response to this expressiveness; the modes of perception and understanding that can be expected of skilled listeners, performers, analysts, and
composers and the various manners in which these understandings can be manifest; the manner in which musical works exist and their relation to their instances or performances; and musical profundity. As well as reviewing the work of philosophers of music, a number of the chapters both draw on and critically
reflect on current work by psychologists concerning music. The collection includes new material, a number of adapted articles which allow for a more comprehensive, unified treatment of the issues at stake, and work published in English for the first time.
- ISBN10 0199608776
- ISBN13 9780199608775
- Publish Date 25 August 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 May 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 228
- Language English