Music and the Emotions: The Philosophical Theories

Boston: Routledge (1985)
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Abstract

It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions. This book presents and subjects to critical examination the chief theories about the relationship between the art of music and the emotions.

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