MUSIC AS AN ART
by Roger Scruton
Bloomsbury Continuum, Sydney Hardcover: 272 pages Price: AUD$50
Reviewed by David James
Writing about music is often an unrewarding task. It is an art form that leaves the philosopher or critic either confined to talking about technicalities, or in generalities that are too abstract to say much about any composer, or genre. The results are often empty, or say little.
It is thus refreshing to read Roger Scruton’s Mu…
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