The spheres of music (A gathering of essays)
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
- ISBN13 9780226521541
- ISBN10 0226521540
- Type Book
- Pages 316
- Published 2000
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
Musical History And TheoryThe spheres of music (A gathering of essays)
Editorial THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
Leonard B. Meyer's writings on the theory, history, perception, and aesthetics of music have inspired and provoked generations of readers. The Spheres of Music makes available a selection of his most important essays (originally published between 1974 and 1998). Gathering them together in one volume not only enables the essays to "converse" with and illuminate each other, but also allows Meyer to revise, recant, and comment on the ideas they, present.
With the same sensitive insight and searching intelligence he has exhibited throughout his career, Meyer transcends the boundaries that so often separate fields of inquiry. The Spheres of Music joins music theory to history, history to culture, culture to aesthetics, aesthetics to psychology, and psychology, back to theory. In so doing, the book highlights the complex interrelationships at the heart of the creation, comprehension, and history of music. Diverse and adventurous, The Spheres of Music presents an intriguing and impressive collection of Meyer's work.