Roger Scruton first addressed this topic in his celebrated book The Aesthetics of Music (OUP) and in this new book he applies the theory to the practice and examines a number of composers and musical forms. His continued fascination with Wagner provides much interesting content but he also deals near-death blows to his favorite targets like Pierre Boulez and Hoagy Carmichael. His legal encounter with The Pet Shop Boys is well documented (they sued him for libel in 1999) and the book closes with a devastating chapter on pop music, containing more controversial views that readers will relish. Many will be delighted; others enraged. However, underlying this book there is a consistent argument and passion for tonality and rhythm.
Understanding Music - Philosophy and Interpretation
Roger Scruton
Continuum
2009
244 páginas
8h 8m
ISBN-10: 1847065066
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Roger Vernon Scruton
Filósofo e escritor inglês, especialista em Estética. Tem sido apontado como o intelectual britânico conservador mais bem-sucedido desde Edmund Burke e foi nomeado Cavaleiro da Ordem do Império Britânico pela Rainha Elizabeth II em junho de 2016. Escreveu mais de trinta livros, incluindo Art and Imagination (1974), The Meaning of Conservatism[4](1980), Sexual Desire (1986), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism (2006), Beauty (2009), Our Church (2012), How to be a Conservative (2014), The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Political Thought e How to Think Seriously About the Planet: The Case for an Environmental Conservatism (2012). Também escreveu livros didáticos sobre filosofia e cultura, dois romances, e compôs duas óperas.
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