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Music, Imagination, and Culture

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Musicians imagine music by means of functional models which determine certain aspects of the music while leaving others open. This gap between image and the experience it models offers a source of compositional creativity; different musical cultures embody different ways of imagining sound as music. Drawing on psychological and philosophical materials as well as the analysis of specific musical examples, Cook here defines the difference between music theory and aesthetic criticism, and affirms the importance of the ordinary listener in musical culture.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: February 20, 1992

ISBN: 0198163037

ISBN 13: 9780198163039

Music, Imagination, and Culture

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Musicians imagine music by means of functional models which determine certain aspects of the music while leaving others open. This gap between image and the experience it models offers a source of compositional creativity; different musical cultures embody different ways of imagining sound as music. Drawing on psychological and philosophical materials as well as the analysis of specific musical examples, Cook here defines the difference between music theory and aesthetic criticism, and affirms the importance of the ordinary listener in musical culture.

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Release: February 20, 1992

ISBN: 0198163037

ISBN 13: 9780198163039

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