ABSTRACT

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections:

  • general issues
  • emotion
  • history
  • figures
  • kinds of music
  • music, philosophy and related disciplines

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy, music and musicology.

Part 1: General Issues  1. Definition Andrew Kania  2. Silence, Sound, Noise, and Music Jennifer Judkins  3. Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony Roger Scruton  4. Ontology Ben Caplan & Carl Matheson  5. Medium David Davies  6. Improvisation Lee B. Brown  7. Notation Stephen Davies  8. Performances and Recordings Andrew Kania & Theodore Gracyk  9. Authentic Performance Practice Paul Thom  10. Music and Language Ray Jackendoff  11. Music and Imagination Saam Trivedi  12. Understanding Music Erkki Huovinen  13. Style Jennifer Judkins  14. Aesthetic Properties Rafael de Clercq  15. Value Alan Goldman  16. Evaluating Music Theodore Gracyk  17. Appropriation and Hybridity James O. Young  18. Instrumental Technology Anthony Gritten  Part 2: Emotion  19. Expression theories Jenefer Robinson  20. Arousalist Theories Derek Matravers  21. Resemblance theories Saam Trivedi  22. Music’s Arousal of Emotions Malcolm Budd  Part 3: History  23. Classical aesthetic traditions of India, China, and the Middle East Stephen Blum & Peter Manuel  24. Antiquity and the Middle Ages Thomas J. Mathiesen  25. The Early Modern Period Jeanette Bicknell  26. Continental Philosophy and Music Tiger Roholt  27. Analytic Philosophy and Music Stephen Davies  Part 4: Figures  28. Plato Stephen Halliwell  29. Rousseau Julia Simon  30. Kant Hannah Ginsborg  31. Schopenhauer Alex Neill  32. Nietzsche John M. Carvalho  33. Hanslick Thomas Grey  34. Gurney Malcolm Budd  35. Wagner Thomas Grey  36. Adorno Andy Hamilton  Part 5: Kinds of Music  37. Popular Music John A. Fisher  38. Rock Allan F. Moore  39. Jazz Lee B. Brown  40. Song Jeanette Bicknell  41. Opera Paul Thom  42. Music and Motion Pictures Noël Carroll & Margaret Moore  43. Music and Dance Robynn Stilwell  44. Visual Music and Synesthesia Kathleen Higgins  Part 6: Music, Philosophy, and Related Disciplines  45. Musicology Justin London  46. Music Theory and Philosophy Judith Lochhead  47. Composition Roger Scruton  48. Analysis Joseph Dubiel  49. Ethnomusicology Peter Manuel  50. Music and Politics James Currie  51. Sociology and Cultural Studies Anthony Kwame Harrison  52. Music and Gender Fred Everett Maus  53. Phenomenology and Music Bruce Ellis Benson  54. Music, Philosophy, and Cognitive Science Diana Raffman  55. Psychology of Music Eric Clarke  56. Music Education Philip Alperson.  Index