Absolute Music and the Construction of Meaning
Daniel (King's College London) Chua
Cambridge University Press, 2006
43,50 €On orderDelivery: 2-3 weeks
This book examines the intellectual history of instrumental music, particularly the idea of absolute music. It shows how certain ideas in philosophy, theology and the sciences affect the meaning of instrumental music, and how instrumental music in turn permeates human discourse and helps construct meaning.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521027519
- ISBN-10
- 0521027519
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-11-02
- Pages
- 328
- Dimensions
- 151x229x26
- Weight
- 536