Details for: A philosophy of song and singing : an introduction / › University of West London Library catalogue

Image from Google Jackets

A philosophy of song and singing : an introduction / Jeanette Bicknell.

By: Bicknell, Jeanette [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2015Description: 140 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138790674 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Singing -- Philosophy | Songs -- Philosophy and aestheticsDDC classification: 783'.01 Summary: Jeanette Bicknell explores key aesthetic, ethical, and other philosophical questions that have not yet been thoroughly researched by philosophers, musicologists, or scientists. Issues addressed include: The relationship between the meaning of a song's words and its music; The performer's role and the ensuing gender complications, social ontology, and personal identity; The performer's ethical obligations to audiences, composers, lyricists, and those for whom the material holds particular significance; and The metaphysical status of isolated solo performances.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item reservations
Book	Paul Hamlyn Library	Paul Hamlyn Library	Floor 3	783.01 BIC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		06241638

Total reservations: 0

Browsing Paul Hamlyn Library shelves, Shelving location: Floor 3 Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	783 VOI Voice studies : critical approaches to process, performance and experience /	783 VOI Voice studies : critical approaches to process, performance and experience /	783 WIL The singing voice : an owner's manual : for singers, actors, dancers and musicians /	783.01 BIC A philosophy of song and singing : an introduction /	783.01 BIC Philosophy of song and singing : an introduction /	783.03 BAR Composing for voice : exploring voice, language and music /	783.03 BAR Composing for voice : exploring voice, language and music /	Next

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jeanette Bicknell explores key aesthetic, ethical, and other philosophical questions that have not yet been thoroughly researched by philosophers, musicologists, or scientists. Issues addressed include: The relationship between the meaning of a song's words and its music; The performer's role and the ensuing gender complications, social ontology, and personal identity; The performer's ethical obligations to audiences, composers, lyricists, and those for whom the material holds particular significance; and The metaphysical status of isolated solo performances.

Specialized.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.