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Editor: Suzanne Ryan "In my opinion, this is the most important book on music aesthetics to appear in the last several decades.... Goehr does not seek a universal definition for music and its meanings but instead traces the history of the 'work concept' in Western music. She both reveals the developments that cemented the notion of the musical work in the 19th century and also examines the limits of that notion."--Susan McClary, Professor of Musicology, University of California -- Los Angeles
"This book is not only a major contribution to the philosophy of music, but is also vitally important to understanding music history and performance practice. Further, those interested in rethinking the conventions of today's classical music world should not miss it."--Bernard Sherman, Iowa Public Radio, author of Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers, co-editor of Performing Brahms

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FOREWORD; INTRODUCTORY ESSAY: HIS MASTER'S CHOICE; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THE ANALYTIC APPROACH; PART II. THE HISTORICAL APPROACH; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; INDEX

The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works An Essay in the Philosophy of Music

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 11 August 2007
      ISBN-13 9780195324785
      978-0195324785
      ISBN-10 0195324781
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      Entertainment Art music, orchestral and formal music Theory of music and musicology Philosophy: aesthetics

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      Trade Review
      Editor: Suzanne Ryan "In my opinion, this is the most important book on music aesthetics to appear in the last several decades.... Goehr does not seek a universal definition for music and its meanings but instead traces the history of the 'work concept' in Western music. She both reveals the developments that cemented the notion of the musical work in the 19th century and also examines the limits of that notion."--Susan McClary, Professor of Musicology, University of California -- Los Angeles
      "This book is not only a major contribution to the philosophy of music, but is also vitally important to understanding music history and performance practice. Further, those interested in rethinking the conventions of today's classical music world should not miss it."--Bernard Sherman, Iowa Public Radio, author of Inside Early Music: Conversations with Performers, co-editor of Performing Brahms

      Table of Contents
      FOREWORD; INTRODUCTORY ESSAY: HIS MASTER'S CHOICE; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THE ANALYTIC APPROACH; PART II. THE HISTORICAL APPROACH; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED; INDEX

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