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Musicologia: Musical Knowledge from Plato to John Cage
Author(s): Robin Maconie (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press (UK)
- Publication Date: 16 Aug. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 542 pages
- ISBN-10: 0810876965
- ISBN-13: 9780810876965
Book Description
The story of Musicologia unfolds in thirty-one chapters from primordial considerations of silence, communication, selfhood, balance, and motion to focus on more recent and specific issues of chaos, order, relativity, and artificial intelligence, showing that even the most controversial aspects of modern art music form part of a wider endeavor to engage with universal propositions of science and philosophy.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Robin Maconie has done a brilliant job of building bridges between the musical experience – composing, performing, or listening – and a host of philosophical, scientific, religious, and literary contexts. — Elliott Schwartz, composer and writer, Emeritus Professor of Music, Bowdoin College
Musicologia crackles with ideas. Maconie writes as a professional musician who sees the art as ”meaningful activity” and who at the same time is at home both with the history of philosophy and physics and with current developments in those fields. — Roger W. H. Savage, Professor of Systematic Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles
With verve, insight, and erudition, Robin Maconie charts exciting new territories revealing myriad connections between music and fundamental aspects of biology, mathematics, physics, and philosophy. — Stephen Davies, Philosophy Professor at University of Auckland, New Zealand, and author of Themes in the Philosophy of Music (2003)
