Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music 9780253356826, 9780253005496

Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artif

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Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music
9780253356826, 9780253005496

"The scholarship of Michael Spitzer's new book is impressive and thorough. The writing is impeccable and the c

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Davies shows that appreciation and understanding may require more than recognition of and reaction to music's expre

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Movement as Meaning in Experimental Cinema offers sweeping and cogent arguments as to why analytic philosophers should t

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In order to promote new ways of thinking about musical meaning, this volume brings together scholars in music theory, mu

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Offering a broad perspective of the philosophy, theory, and aesthetics of early Indian music and musical ideology, this

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Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of the controversial new musicology, integrating the study

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Dance, whether considered as an art form or embodied social practice, as product or process, is a prime subject for cult

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