A question of balance: Charles Seeger's philosophy of music
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Main Author: Greer, Taylor Aitken (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press ©1998
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index
"For more than half a century Charles Louis Seeger (1886-1979) led a distinguished career in American music as composer, teacher, author, administrator, and humanist. Seeger's musical life was as eclectic as it was abundant: he not only championed traditions outside the mainstream, including folk and popular music, but also drew on fields outside of music, such as anthropology, linguistics, philosophy, and folklore. In A Question of Balance, Taylor Greer argues that Seeger's central contribution to the field of music was his aesthetic philosophy, which can be described as a marriage of conflicting temperaments: an artistic instinct mediated by a rational intellect."--Jacket
"A Question of Balance is the first attempt to explain Seeger's philosophical theory and to trace its influence on his criticism, compositional theory, and musicology. Greer takes an interdisciplinary approach to fill a gap not only of our understanding of Seeger's wide-ranging thought but also of an entire chapter of twentieth-century American intellectual history."--Jacket
pt. 1. Philosophical theory. Bergson's intuition and Seeger's predicament -- Russell's synthesis of mysticism and logic -- Perry's philosophy of value -- Seeger's theory of music criticism -- pt. 2. Musical applications. A philosophy in practice: music criticism -- A philosophy in practice: compositional theory -- Seeger's vision of musicology -- Epilogue: neume, new music, new musicology
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 273 pages)
ISBN:0520920139
0585371555
9780520920132
9780585371559

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