Music and the Ineffable

Name: Music and the Ineffable
Author: Jankelevitch, Vladimir
ISBN: 9780691090474

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ISBN: 9780691090474

Published: July 28, 2003

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Pub. Country: United States

Format: Hardback

Pages: 200

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Deals with classical issues in the philosophy of music, including metaphysics and ontology. This book argues that music is not a hieroglyph, nor a language or sign system. It argues that music is 'ineffable', because it cannot be pinned down, and has a capacity to engender limitless resonance in several domains.

7 musical examples.

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