After Debussy: Music, Language, and the Margins of Philosophy
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Book Overview Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle,...
Classical music shows a close relationship to language, and both musicology and philosophy have tended to approach music from that angle, exploring it in terms of expression, representation, and discourse. This book turns that idea on its head. Focusing on the music of Debussy and its legacy in the century since his death, After Debussy offers a groundbreaking new perspective on twentieth-century music that foregrounds a sensory logic of sound over quasi-linguistic ideas of structure or meaning. Author Julian Johnson argues that Debussy's music exemplifies this idea, influencing the music of successive composers who took up the mantle of emphasizing sound over syntax, sense over signification. In doing so, this music not only anticipates a central problem of contemporary thought--the gap between language and our embodied relation to the world--but also offers a solution.
With a readable narrative structure grounded in an impressive body of literature, After Debussy ranges widely across French music, demonstrating the impact of Debussy's music on composers from Faur
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 373 | Language: English | Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR | ISBN: 0190066822
FormatHardcover
Pages373
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0190066822
EAN9780190066826
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PR
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionIllustrated
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight2.0 Pounds
Length9.5 Inches
Width6.3 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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