Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 263 mm, Gewicht: 1036 g
A Thousand Years from Chant to Pop
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 188 mm x 263 mm, Gewicht: 1036 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-006175-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press
In this sweeping landmark study, author Michael Spitzer provides the first history of musical emotion in the Western world, from Gregorian chant to Beyoncé. Combining intellectual history, music studies, philosophy, and cognitive psychology, A History of Emotion in Western Music introduces current approaches to the study of emotion and formulates an original theory of how musical emotion works. Diverging from psychological approaches that center listeners' self-reports or artificial experiments, Spitzer argues that musical emotions can be uncovered in the techniques and materials of composers and performers. Together with its extensive chronicle of the historical evolution of musical style and emotion, this book offers a rich union of theory and history.