This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musical forms, especially song.
Its author, Andrew Kania , begins by asking whether Bob Dylan should even have been eligible for the Nobel Prize in Literature, given that he is a musician.
This motivates a discussion of music as an artistic medium, and what philosophy has to contribute to our thinking about music.
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Routledge Philosophy of western music: a contemporary introduction, paperback/andrew kania
