Musicology: the Key Concepts provides a vital reference guide for students of contemporary
musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms …

After an introductory section, this article will focus on four questions: How should the Kyoto
School be defined? What is meant by its central philosophical concept of “absolute …

The concept of mediation in relation to music has a rich history and varied meanings. Its
most famous proponent, Theodor Adorno, drew his theory of mediation from 'a Hegelian …

Philosophy of perception typically centered on colors, as did the metaphysics of mind when
discussing the mind-dependence of secondary qualities. Possibly, the philosophical …

Virtuality is fast becoming the base mode of many people's lives. Portions of humanity's
youngest generation might be the first to be more familiar chatting to their friends online than …

Is a sound an object, an experience, an event, or a relation? What exactly does the
emerging discipline of sound studies study? Sound Objects pursues these questions while …

This chapter is concerned with sound and critical posthumanism as their intersection is
articulated through philosophy and through music in the twentieth century. Sound is usually …

What is the nature and function of sound design in cinematic media? Is it possible for the
styling of sound to create meaning? Is there art in noise? is chapter departs from standard …

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of Black clients' experiences within
a music therapy context by exploring the discursive construction of aesthetics demonstrated …

This paper enquires into the nature of the connections between memory and certain genres
of contemporary art music whose unique features rely particularly on our early mnemonic …