Thinking about Music: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Music [Sep 30, 1984] Lewis Rowell (author)

Rowell, Lewis E.

ISBN 10: 0870234617 / ISBN 13: 9780870234613

Published by University of Massachusetts Press, 1984

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Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches and marks. Book content is in very good readable condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking about Music: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Music [Sep 30, 1984] Lewis Rowell (author)
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870234617
• ISBN 13: 9780870234613
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Poor

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Synopsis

Examines the nature of music and traces the history of music philosophy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Lewis Rowell's Thinking about Music is more than an introduction to the connections between music and other arts, and the philosophical underpinnings of aesthetics.

About the Author

LEWIS E. ROWELL (1933-2025) was a professor at Indiana University, who specialized in music, Indian studies, musicology, and ethnomusicology. His work led him to receive two research fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Otto Kinkeldey Award for his book Music and Musical Thought in Early India (1992), and the Rochester Distinguished Scholar Medal from the University of Rochester. His research and publications explores time, rhythm, the music of India, and musical philosophy.