Heidegger and Music

Martin Heidegger's philosophy of music is explored in a new volume, featuring contributions from philosophers, musicians, educators, and musicologists from around the world. The book applies Heidegger's philosophy to various musical spheres, including improvisation, classical music, electronic music, African music, ancient Chinese music, jazz, rock n roll, composition, and musical performance, and offers philosophical insights on the essence of music, its place in society, and its potential to open up new ways of understanding the world in the technological and digital musical age.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, had surprisingly little to say about music. This volume, the first to explore Heidegger and music, brings together contributions from philosophers, musicians, educators, and musicologists from around the world to utilize Heidegger's philosophy to shed light on the place of music in different contexts and fields of practice. Heidegger's thought is applied to a wide range of musical spheres, including improvisation, classical music, electronic music, African music, ancient Chinese music, jazz, rock n roll, composition, and musical performance. The volume also features a wide range of philosophical insights on the essence of music, music's place in society, and the promise of music's ability to open up new ways of understanding the world with the onset of the technological and digital musical age. Heidegger and Music breaks new philosophical ground by showcasing creative vignettes that not only push Heidegger's concepts in new directions, but also get us to question the meaning of music in various contexts.

Weight: 648g
Dimension: 159 x 235 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538154137