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    Music, Art, and Metaphysics by Levinson, Jerrold;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 24 February 2011

    • ISBN 9780199596638
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages440 pages
    • Size 234x162x38 mm
    • Weight 774 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. These highly influential essays are essential reading for debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms.

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    Long description:

    This is a long-awaited reissue of Jerrold Levinson's 1990 book Music, Art, and Metaphysics, which gathers together the writings that made him a leading figure in contemporary aesthetics. Most of the essays are distinguished by a concern with metaphysical questions about artworks and their properties, but other essays address the problem of art's definition, the psychology of aesthetic response, and the logic of interpreting and evaluating works of art. The focus of about half of the essays is the art of music, the art of greatest interest to Levinson throughout his career. Many of the essays have been very influential, being among the most cited in contemporary aesthetics and having become essential references in debates on the definition of art, the ontology of art, emotional response to art, expression in art, and the nature of art forms.

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    Table of Contents:

    Part One: Art and History
    Defining Art Historically
    Hybrid Art Forms
    Refining Art Historically
    Part Two: Metaphysics of Art
    What a Musical Work Is
    Autographic and Allographic Art Revisited
    Aesthetic Uniqueness
    Aesthetic Supervenience
    Titles
    Artworks and the Future
    What a Musical Work Is, Again
    Part Three: Musical Matters
    The Concept of Music
    Truth in Music
    Music and Negative Emotion
    Hope in The Hebrides
    Evaluationg Musical Performance
    Authentic Performance and Performance Means

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