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Philosophy of Western Music: A Contemporary IntroductionRoutledge. 2020.This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musical forms, especially song. Its author, Andrew Kania, begins by asking whether Bob Dylan should even have been eligible for the Nobel Prize in Literature, given that he is a musician. This motivates a discussion of music as an artistic medium, and what philosophy has to contribute to our thinking about music. Chapters 2-5 investigate the …Read more
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Orange Coast CollegeRetired faculty
University of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD, 1987
Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Jazz |
Metaphysics |
Aesthetics |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Jazz |
Aesthetics |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |