The last twenty years or so have seen a surge of interest in the
philosophy of music. However there is comparatively little
philosophical literature devoted specifically to songs, singing and
vocal music in general. This new collection of essays on the
philosophical aspects of song and singing includes articles on the
relationship between words and music in songs, the ontology of
songs and recordings, meaning in songs, the metaphysics of vocal
music in opera and the movies, and the ethical challenges raised in
song performance. The essays discuss a large range of examples,
including rock, lieder, jazz songs, blues, doo wop, and rap.
New essays by leading philosophers of art, including Peter Kivy
(on "realistic song" in film), Jerrold Levinson (on jazz singing),
Lee B. Brown (on the "minstrel hypothesis" in popular music), and
Ted Gracyk (on linguistic pragmatics and song meaning).
Papers that offer ground-breaking theories of the appreciation
of rock recordings, the ethical implications of popular songs, the
ontology of ephemeral artworks, the ontological status of cover
versions, and of how a genre of popular music can both express and
be a function of its social context papers that challenge existing
accounts of much-debated topics, including operatic metaphysics and
of the ontology of recorded music.
Interdisciplinary essays that cut across aesthetics, philosophy
of music, cultural music studies and musicology.
Essays that are clearly written and engaging.
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