1st Edition

Art Music Love, Listening and Soulfulness

By Matthew Del Nevo Copyright 2013
307 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

307 Pages
by Routledge

Listening to music is not merely something one does, but something central to a way of living. Listening has the power to transport one into another way of being. It is a mode of feeling and forms the bedrock of deep emotion. Written from the viewpoint of a philosophy of sensibility, Matthew Del Nevo notes that this perspective may not be in fashion, but it follows a long tradition. Del Nevo... Read more
Introduction1.Baudelaire's Aesthetic2.The Metaphysics of Nostalgia3.The Ladder of Eros4.Shades of Melancholy5.Gardens of Delight6.Listening across Time7.Beethoven and Absolute Music8.Wagner and World Music9.The Work of Mourning10.When Time Stands Still11.Beauty and Sadness12.Blue in Green13.AttunementPlay ListNotesIndex

Biography

Matthew Del Nevo