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Chapter 5 - The Contemporary Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2023

James O. Young
James O. Young
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University of Victoria, British Columbia
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The contemporary period (since 1950) has seen a complete rupture between the Continental and analytic schools in philosophy of music. Continental figures have focused on music’s relationship to its context. Feminists have investigated the impact of oppression of women on music. Analytic philosophers have focused on the relationship between music and emotion, and on how this relationship bears on questions about the value of music. The division between formalists and anti-formalists has persisted into the contemporary period. Questions about the ontology of music have been widely debated. Popular music has received increased attention. Figures discussed include Susan McClary, Heide Göttner-Abendroth, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jacques Attali, O. K. Bouwsma, John Hospers, Alan Tormey, Nelson Goodman, Peter Kivy, Stephen Davies, David Davies, Malcolm Budd, Andy Hamilton, Jerrold Levinson, Edward T. Cone, Leonard B. Meyer, Jenefer Robinson, Roger Scruton, Kendall Walton, Theodore Gracyk, Andrew Kania, Monroe Beardsley, Gilles Deleuze, Richard Wollheim, Lydia Goehr, Julian Dodd and Nichlas Wolterstorff.

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Philosophy of musicformalismontology of musical worksproblem of operamusic and emotionmusical performance
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A History of Western Philosophy of Music , pp. 256 - 351
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • The Contemporary Period
  • James O. Young, University of Victoria, British Columbia
  • Book: A History of Western Philosophy of Music
  • Online publication: 18 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654777.006
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  • The Contemporary Period
  • James O. Young, University of Victoria, British Columbia
  • Book: A History of Western Philosophy of Music
  • Online publication: 18 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654777.006
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  • The Contemporary Period
  • James O. Young, University of Victoria, British Columbia
  • Book: A History of Western Philosophy of Music
  • Online publication: 18 January 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108654777.006
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