On Music

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Contents
6. Preface
7. More Than Meets the Ear: Music and Art One
   1. I. Birds
   2. II. Music and the Musical
   3. III. Concerning "Art"
   4. IV. Music and Culture
   5. V. The Aesthetic Dimension
   6. VI. Culture, Communication, and Style
8. With and Without Words: Listening with Understanding Two
   1. I. Unschooled Perception
   2. II. Purism
   3. III. The Intersection of Language and Thought
   4. IV. Knowing-That and Knowing-How
   5. V. Four Dimensions of Music
   6. VI. History, Style, and Aesthetic Properties
   7. VII. Music is Art, Revisited
9. Music and Emotion Three
   1. I. Symptoms and Symbols
   2. II. Expression and Expressive Qualities
   3. III. The Song Thrush
   4. IV. Arousal Theory
   5. V. Kaluli Grief, American Jazz, Hindustani Rasa
10. The Siren Voice of Transcendence Four
    1. I. Ineffable Realities
    2. II. The Beautiful Gives Way to the Sublime
    3. III. Schopenhauer's Account of Music
    4. IV. Isn't It Subjective?
    5. V. Experiencing Sublimity
    6. VI. Exemplification
11. References
12. Index