The Aesthetics of Music
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The Aesthetics of Music is a philosophical work by Roger Scruton that explores the nature, meaning, and value of music within the broader tradition of aesthetics.
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| The Aesthetics of Music canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Aesthetics of Music Context triple: [Roger Scruton, notableWork, The Aesthetics of Music]
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Philosophy of New Music
Philosophy of New Music is a seminal 1949 work of critical musicology and aesthetic theory by Theodor W. Adorno that contrasts Schoenberg’s modernism with Stravinsky’s neoclassicism to explore the social and philosophical meaning of twentieth-century music.
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The Science of Musical Sound
The Science of Musical Sound is a book by engineer and acoustics researcher John R. Pierce that explains the physical and perceptual principles underlying how music and sound are produced, transmitted, and heard.
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Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen is Hermann von Helmholtz’s foundational 19th-century treatise on the physiological and psychological basis of musical tone and acoustics.
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How Music Works
How Music Works is a nonfiction book by musician David Byrne that explores the art, theory, history, and business of music and how context shapes what we hear.
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Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Aesthetics of Music Target entity description: The Aesthetics of Music is a philosophical work by Roger Scruton that explores the nature, meaning, and value of music within the broader tradition of aesthetics.
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A.
Philosophy of New Music
Philosophy of New Music is a seminal 1949 work of critical musicology and aesthetic theory by Theodor W. Adorno that contrasts Schoenberg’s modernism with Stravinsky’s neoclassicism to explore the social and philosophical meaning of twentieth-century music.
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B.
The Science of Musical Sound
The Science of Musical Sound is a book by engineer and acoustics researcher John R. Pierce that explains the physical and perceptual principles underlying how music and sound are produced, transmitted, and heard.
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C.
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen
Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen is Hermann von Helmholtz’s foundational 19th-century treatise on the physiological and psychological basis of musical tone and acoustics.
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D.
How Music Works
How Music Works is a nonfiction book by musician David Byrne that explores the art, theory, history, and business of music and how context shapes what we hear.
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E.
Lectures on Aesthetics
Lectures on Aesthetics is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential philosophy of art and beauty within his broader idealist system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Roger Scruton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
harmony
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listening experience ⓘ melody ⓘ metaphysics of sound ⓘ musical expression of emotion ⓘ musical form ⓘ musical judgment ⓘ musical modernism ⓘ musical representation ⓘ musical understanding ⓘ musical value ⓘ ontology of musical works ⓘ performance and interpretation ⓘ relationship between music and emotion ⓘ relationship between music and language ⓘ relationship between music and time ⓘ rhythm ⓘ tonal versus atonal music ⓘ tonality ⓘ |
| explores |
meaning of music
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nature of music ⓘ value of music ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics literature
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music theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective |
anti-reductionist view of music
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intentionalist account of listening ⓘ realist account of musical meaning ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalTheme |
artistic value versus entertainment value in music
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cultural context of music ⓘ embodiment in musical experience ⓘ musical intentionality ⓘ normativity in musical appreciation ⓘ objectivity of aesthetic judgment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aesthetics
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aesthetics of music ⓘ philosophy of music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive theory of musical understanding
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defense of tonal music ⓘ systematic treatment of music within general aesthetics ⓘ |
| partOf | aesthetic theory tradition ⓘ |
| placesInTradition |
analytic aesthetics
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conservative cultural criticism ⓘ |
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