A different story : aesthetics and the history of Western music / by Olle Edström.
| Author/creator | Edström, Karl-Olof, 1945- |
| Other author | Speerstra, Joel, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, ©2008. |
| Description | 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Annan berättelse om den västerländska musikhistorien, och det estetiska projektet. English |
| Series | Aesthetics in music ; no. 8 Aesthetics in music ; no. 8. ^A395722 |
| Contents | Introduction. A declaration of intent ; A controversial term ; How common is the term in music today? ; A presentation of the problem ; Material, method and purpose ; The organization of this text -- Homo aestheticus. Other voices ; Ellen Dissanayke's anthropology ; Speech as a precondition for, and analogy to music ; Steven Pinker's perspective ; "Music is an enigma" -- The Greeks. In black and white ; Three thousand years ago ; An unusually revolutionary time ; A summary discussion ; The loadbearing capacity of a thought -- The Age of Enlightenment. The birth of aesthetics ; On music's breadth and function ; Socio-cultural conditions ; What counts as art? ; Aesthetics as ideology ; Visits in time ; A contemporary journey ; A few other journeys ; In Germany ; Swedish observations ; Music's structures: music's functions ; Listening to music in concert ; The formation of a code of values ; Sing Burghers, farmers and workers ; Instrumental music between the inner and outer world ; In the work "itself" ; Other social models: Habermas and Luhmann ; From theory to social empire ; Beethoven's public ; New structures ; Aesthetic II: a summary of discussion -- A time of consolidation. Introduction ; The difference becomes set in stone ; Four thousand wandering virtuosi ; A Swedish example from Göteborg ; Swedish music journalists ; Music in the salons: intimate scenes of home ; Use and status ; The Schumanns and salon music ; From 1850 towards the twentieth century ; Different ways of listening ; A common bourgeois form ; More on song's underrated importance ; Autonomous discussion -- A period of expansion. Introduction ; Changes in art music ; Some knew ; Many disembark ; Music spreads out ; Mass media: new ways to use music ; Listening to music on the radio ; Ethereal music and aesthetics ; Education, and/or, enjoyment ; Is it possible to define art or the aesthetic experience? ; Consumption and aesthetics ; Personal use -- The present: the use of music: the transformation of aesthetics. Introduction ; Youth music and aesthetics ; "The aesthetics of rock" ; Wicke: East Germany ; Postmodern times ; Simon Frith's "approach to music and society" ; Everyday aesthetics in youth culture ; A sociological view of aesthetics ; Social change leads to new aesthetic ground rules ; Late modern changes ; The thoroughly aesthetified society ; From æI to æ? ; Society of experience ; One, or the other ; Both, and ; Conclusion: Tying up loose ends. |
| Abstract | This book examines how aesthetics have been used over several centuries in both popular and art music. It draws upon a broad spectrum of original sources and incorporates the work of writers outside the mainstream of established aesthetics discourse. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007048625 |
| ISBN | 9781576471234 |
| ISBN | 1576471233 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Music Stacks | ML3845 .E2913 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |