Music Alone: Philosophical Reflections on the Purely Musical Experience

What makes a musical work profound? What is it about pure instrumental music that the listener finds attractive and rewarding? In addressing these questions, Peter Kivy continues his highly regarded exploration of the philosophy of musical aesthetics. He considers here what he believes to be the most difficult subject of all―"just plain music; music unaccompanied by text, title, subject, program, or plot; in other words, music alone."

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• Written on Skin: The Opera Lively Guides Series v. 2 (Volume 2)
• Sound Sentiment: An Essay on the Musical Emotions, including the complete text of The Corded Shell (The Arts And Their Philosophie)
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• Aesthetics and Music (Bloomsbury Aesthetics)
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• On Music (Thinking in Action)
• The Aesthetics of Music