Historical Formalism in Music: Toward a Philosophical Theory of Musical Form

In this paper I begin to fashion a theory of musical form that I call historical formalism. Historical formalism posits that our perception of the formal properties of a musical work is informed by considerations not only of artistic categories but also of the historical, sociopolitical, and cultur...

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Main Author: Andrea Baldini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2014-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=706