Description
Imagine! A philosopher who meditates on listening to music, not its ontology; who does not cast composers as heroes and villains; who does not expect music to prophesy the future, or tell us how to live, or solve our political problems; who is allergic to gassy Teutonic grandiloquence (indeed, to Germans tout court). Welcome the anti-Adorno; he has been too long coming to English. And thank Carolyn Abbate for bringing him to us in such excellent shape. -- Richard Taruskin, Class of 1955 Professor of Music, University of California, Berkeley
About the Author
Vladimir Jankelevitch (1903-1985), a critical figure in twentieth-century French philosophy, held the Chair in Moral Philosophy at the Sorbonne from 1951 to 1978. He was the author of more than twenty books on philosophy, as well as a number of books on music. Carolyn Abbate is Professor of Music at Princeton University. She is the author of "In Search of Opera" (Princeton) and the translator of Jean-Jaques Nattiez's "Music and Discourse".
Reviews
"Among significant influences in 20th-century philosophical thought on music, perhaps none is as sweeping as that of Vladimir Jankelevitch. Yet until now his works have not been widely available in English... Still provocative after 40 years, this book offers fascinating, fresh, and Occasionally befuddling perspectives on the vital phenomenon that is music."--Choice
Book Information
ISBN 9780691090474
Author Vladimir Jankelevitch
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 340g