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  • The Improvisation of Musical Dialogue: A Phenomenology of Music

    The Improvisation of Musical Dialogue by Benson, Bruce Ellis;

    A Phenomenology of Music

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    Product details:

    • Publisher Cambridge University Press
    • Date of Publication 27 February 2003

    • ISBN 9780521810937
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages216 pages
    • Size 225x142x17 mm
    • Weight 353 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of music.

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    Long description:

    This book is an important contribution to the philosophy of music. Whereas most books in this field focus on the creation and reproduction of music, Bruce Benson's concern is the phenomenology of music making as an activity. He offers the radical thesis that it is improvisation that is primary in the moment of music making. Succinct and lucid, the book brings together a wide range of musical examples from classical music, jazz, early music and other genres. It offers a rich tapestry incorporating both analytic and continental philosophy, musicology and performance-practice issues. It will be a provocative read for philosophers of art and musicologists and, because it eschews technicality, should appeal to general readers, especially those who perform.

    '... a timely and I believe much-needed reorientation of attention ... it will be found engaging reading by philosophers, musicians, and conceptually adventurous listeners.' Gary Hagsberg, Bard College

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    Table of Contents:

    1. Between composition and performance; 2. Composing: from Ursprung to Fassung letzter Hand; 3. Performing: the improvisation of preservation; 4. The ergon within energeia; 5. The ethics of musical dialogue.

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