Index
absolute music see pure instrumental music
Abu Bakr ibn al-Tufail 108
Adorno, Theodor 33–4; on musical materials 34
Aesop’s fables 4
aesthetic properties 55, 58–63, 123–7, 135–7; subjectivity of 125; see also beauty, sublimity
aesthetic response 14, 25–26, 28, 36, 96–97, 112, 124–9, 131, 134, 138; to nature 28–30, 131; see also purism
aesthetic theory 23–6, 28, 112, 136; Hindustani 99–102; Marxist 27; Romantic 65, 88, 97–99, 101
African-American music 20
Albert, Prince Consort 76
aleatory music 132
al-Tufail, Abu Bakr ibn 108
Aristotle 53
arousal theory of expression 91–5; two versions of 92
art 1–2, 4, 13–15, 21–3, 27, 31, 33–4, 66, 69–71, 90, 95–102, 114, 118, 138
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