Critique of Pure Music C

by James O. Young

Why do we value music? Many people report that listening to music is one of life's most rewarding activities. In Critique of Pure Music, James O. Young seeks to explain why this is so. Formalists tell us that music is appreciated as pure, contentless form. On this view, listeners receive pleasure, or a pleasurable "musical" emotion, when they explore the abstract patterns found in music. Music, formalists believe, does not arouse ordinary emotions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199682712
• ISBN13: 9780199682713
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"