Works of music : an essay in ontology /

In this original and iconoclastic book, Julian Dodd argues for what he terms 'the simple view' of the ontological nature of works of pure, instrumental music. According to this view such works are types whose tokens are performances and playings, and as types they belong to the category of...

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Main Author: Dodd, Julian
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this original and iconoclastic book, Julian Dodd argues for what he terms 'the simple view' of the ontological nature of works of pure, instrumental music. According to this view such works are types whose tokens are performances and playings, and as types they belong to the category of sound-sequence events.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 286 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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