Aesthetics of Music : Musicological Perspectives

This anthology of fourteen essays, each addressing a single key concept or pair of terms in the aesthetics of music, serves as an authoritative work on musical aesthetics that addresses both central as well as somewhat neglected topics and issues in the field. Each essay covers historical origins, sources, and developments of the chosen idea, surveys important musicological approaches, and offers new critical angles or musical case studies in interpretation, supported by a wealth of musical examples from works in the 18^th, 19^th, and into the 20^th century.

Aesthetics of Music: Musicological Approaches is an anthology of fourteen essays, each addressing a single key concept or pair of terms in the aesthetics of music, collectively serving as an authoritative work on musical aesthetics that remains as close to ''the music'' as possible. Each essay includes musical examples from works in the 18^th, 19^th, and into the 20^th century. Topics have been selected from amongst widely recognised central issues in musical aesthetics, as well as those that have been somewhat neglected, to create a collection that covers a distinctive range of ideas. All essays cover historical origins, sources, and developments of the chosen idea, survey important musicological approaches, and offer new critical angles or musical case studies in interpretation.