Expression as Success. The Psychological Reality of Musical Performance

Roger Scruton’s ontology of sound is found wanting on two counts. Scruton removes from music the importance of the performer’s manipulating of his instrument. This misconceives the phenomenology of hearing and, as a consequence, impoverishes our understanding of music. I argue that the musician’s ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rob van Gerwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Helsinki University Press 2008-05-01
Series:Estetika
Online Access:https://estetikajournal.org/articles/35