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Enlightenment Orpheus [electronic resource] : the power of music in other worlds / Vanessa Agnew.

By: Contributor(s): Series: New cultural history of musicPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 263 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780195336665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 780.94309033 22
LOC classification:
  • ML275.3
Online resources: Summary: The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy that emerged at the same time. This text examines this apparent conflict.
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The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy that emerged at the same time. This text examines this apparent conflict.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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