Musical Expression and Performance. A Philosophical Study

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Musical Expression and Performance. A Philosophical Study. This study examines the philosophical question of how it is possible to appreciate music aesthetically as an expressive art form.

First it examines a number of general theories that seek to make sense of expressiveness as a characteristic of music that can be considered relevant to our aesthetic appreciation of the latter. These include accounts that focus on resemblances between music and human behaviour or human feelings, on music’s powers of emotional arousal, and on various ways in which music may be imaginatively construed by listeners. It argues that none of these are entirely satisfactory. Then it proposes an alternativ