On the musically beautiful : a contribution towards the revision of the aesthetics of music / Eduard Hanslick ; translated and edited by Geoffrey Payzant.

Author/creator Hanslick, Eduard
Other author Payzant, Geoffrey, 1926-2004, translator, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoIndianapolis, IN : Hackett Publishing Company, ©1986.
Descriptionxxiv, 127 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleVom Musikalisch-Schönen. English
Contents Translator's preface -- Foreword to the eighth edition -- The aesthetics of feeling -- The representation of feeling is not the content of music -- The musically beautiful -- Analysis of the subjective impression of music -- Musical perception: aesthetic versus pathological -- The relation of music to name -- "Content" and form in music -- Appendix A: Herbat -- Appendix B: Some feeling-theorists -- Essay: Towards a revised reading of Hanslick.
General noteTranslation of: Vom Musikalisch-Schönen.
General noteEnglish translation from the 8th edition (1891)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 103-115) and indexes.
Other title Vom Musikalisch-Schönen.
LCCN 85027249
ISBN0872200140 (pbk.)
ISBN0872200159

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3847 .H3 1986 ✔ Available Place Hold