Bøger af Peter Kivy

Discussing how music possesses expressive properties, this title incorporates the text of "The Corded Shell", answering various criticisms.

In his new concluding chapter, Peter Kivy advances his argument on behalf of a distinctive intellectual and musical character of opera before Mozart. He proposes that happy endings were a musical-as opposed to a dramatic-necessity for opera during...

Peter Kivy mounts a philosophical inquiry into the desirability of using or re-creating historical practices in musical performance.

What makes a musical work profound? What is it about pure instrumental music that the listener finds attractive and rewarding? In addressing these questions, Peter Kivy continues his highly regarded exploration of the philosophy of musical aesthetics...

This collection of essays from Peter Kivy span a period of some thirty years and focus on a richly diverse set of issues providing an enjoyable and insightful introduction to the philosophy of art and music.