Corded Reflections Musical Expression by Kivy Peter (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Princeton University Press [Published Date: 1980]. Soft cover, 167 pp. In good condition. Glossy orange and maroon paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Moderate age spotting to edges of text block. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. [From back cover] Integrating eighteenth-century sources with recent aesthetic theories, Peter Kivy sets forth a view of musical expression that shows how emotive descriptions of music may be intelligible, methodologically sound, and hence a thoroughly respectable part of musical analysis and criticism. In doing so, he resolves the dilemma that has confronted both the untrained listener and the musical scholar or musician, namely: when musical description conforms to the scholar?s demand for scientific analysis and objectivity, it is too technical for the untrained listener to understand; yet if it is rendered humanistically intelligible to the layperson, the expert dismisses it as nonsense. In order to resolve the dilemma, the author contends, emotive description must be made respectable in the eyes of the learned so that it can stand alongside technical description as a valid analytic tool. Rather than decry emotive description as meaningless and subjective rambling on the part of the composer or of the critic, Professor Kivy suggests that emotive depictions of music be understood as really no different from our emotive depictions of each other and the world around us. If the criteria of musical expressiveness can be identified with those of human expression, he concludes, then these criteria provide a rational foundation for the emotive criticism of music.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. In very good condition; faint to light scuffing to wraps; light rubbing top of spine; 5/8-in. diagonal crease lower outside corner back cover; faint dusting outside edges of book; faint toning to clean interior; binding tight; spine non-creased. Princeton Essays on the Arts. 167 numbered pages. 8 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in two-tone dust-jacket. 167pp., Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. First edition. The author's attempt to legitimaze emotive description as a valid and rational foundation for musical criticism. No previoius ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Dust-jakcet shows moderate shelf-wear but is complete with no tears or chips. A very good copy in a near very good dust-jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Condition: good. 1980 Copyright. This item has a different cover than shown in the listing, but shares the same ISBN. A former library book with all the expected stamps, stickers and markings. Excellent condition for a former library book. Some shelf, storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Includes dustjacket. The pages appear unmarked. Light staining on the cover. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Calla. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!