Philosophy of music has flourished in the last thirty years, with great advances made in the understanding of the nature of music and its aesthetics. Peter Kivy

This lively and lucid introduction to the philosophy of music concentrates on the issues that illuminate musical listening and practice. It examines the concept

This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musi

"This book is for readers who are insatiably curious about music -- "students of music" in the broadest sense of the word. In this category I include those whos

Though many well-known German philosophers have devoted considerable attention to music and its aesthetics, surprisingly few of their writings on the subject ha