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

amusia 38, 51, 57, 59, 121

anthropomorphism 66, 87–90

architecture 109, 112

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; abstract 40, 65; avant-garde 21; Batteux on 136; Bell on 36; Dissanayake on 14–15; Dutton on 14–15; pleasure from 22; representational 119, 135–6

art for art’s sake 27

artifacts: aesthetics of 30

Asperger’s syndrome 80

Augustine 111

Bach, Johann Sebastian 17, 30, 37, 39–41, 65; Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 21; Goldberg Variations 8, 23, 27; Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 39–40, 59; unaccompanied cello suites 16–17, 36–7, 39, 41–3, 52, 65; Well-Tempered Clavier 23

“Bangla Dhun” 46, 52, 54

Bannister, Roger 51

Barzun, Jacques 42

Batteux, Charles 136

Beals, Jennifer 136

Beatles, The 31–3, 41; influence of 32; “In My Life” 63–4, 96; “Penny Lane” 20–21; “Piggies” 6; Rubber Soul 64

A Beautiful Mind (film) 29

beauty 26–28, 70, 90, 112–14, 126–7, 136; Keats on 130; sublimity distinguished from 112, 127

Beethoven, Ludwig van 22, 34, 39, 44, 48–9, 66, 112–13, 121, 132–4; “Diabelli” Variations 64–5; Fantasy in C minor “Chorale Fantasy” 51, 65; “Gegenliebe” 51, 65; on God 128; Hoffman on 113, 132–3; Ode to Joy theme 51, 58, 65; Twenty-Five Scottish Songs 22; Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” 39–40, 86, 90, 117; Symphony No. 7 134; Symphony No. 9 22, 49, 51, 65

Bell, Clive 36, 64

Benamou, Marc 14

Berlioz, Hector: Symphonie fantastique 42

Bhagavad Gita 25

bhāva 100

Bible 105–7, 121, 133

bird(s) 3–9, 16, 18, 21, 34, 66, 69–70, 89–90, 96; Canyon Wren 7, 20; crow 3; goose 3, 6, 8, 121–2, 125–6; emotions of 69–71, 81, 88; fruitdove 81, 89–90, 96; mockingbird 55, 67; nightingale 3–8, 20, 28–30, 34, 69–70; owl 3–4, 6; peacock 90; skylark 8; Song Thrush 70, 79, 90; Wood Thrush 7

birdsong 3–5, 7–8, 15–16, 18, 20, 28–30, 34, 69–71, 79, 90; Delamain on 70, 79; expressivity of 69–71, 79, 81, 87; functions of 7, 69–70; imitation of 29–30; Kaluli beliefs concerning 81, 89; medieval views on 4–5

bluegrass 82

blues 11, 20, 31–2, 34

Bonds, Mark Evan 27, 30, 133

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus 11

Booker, James 60, 67

brain processes 31, 38, 120–3

Brahms, Johannes 22, 65–6, 95; Symphony No. 165–6

Bruckner, Anton 137–9; Symphony No. 8 134, 138

Budd, Malcolm 129

bunraku 2

Burke, Edmund 114

Byrd, William: The Battle 62

Cage, John 21; aleatory music 132

Carter, Maybelle 124

Carter family 124

Cash, John R. (“Johnny”): “Ring of Fire” 63

Catherine of Siena 108

censorship 91

Chabrier, Alexis-Emmanuel: España 61–2

chant 105, 129

Chicago Art Institute 2

China: artistic tradition of 14

Chopin, Frédéric 37; “Minute” Waltz 60, 67

Christian scripture see Bible

Clapton, Eric 12

Clooney, George 61

Coen, Ethan 62

Coen, Joel 62

Coltrane, John 121, 131, 138; “Chasin’ the Train” 134; A Love Supreme 117, 134

Concert for Bangladesh 46, 99

Confucius 91

A Christmas Carol 120

country and western music 63, 92

Crowther, Paul 33

culture 16, 20–21, 32, 34, 36–8, 75–6, 83, 94, 97–8, 114, 133; social interaction distinguished from 16, 20, 28

Currie, Gregory 30

dance 15, 22, 40, 42, 79–80, 83–5, 136

Davies, Stephen 49, 57–8; on ineffability 110

Davis, Miles 19–20; “Blue in Green” 93; Kind of Blue 1–2, 93

de Koenigswarter, Pannonica 103–4, 109, 130

Debussy, Claude 59

Delamain, Jacques 70, 79

Derrida, Jacques 103

Dion, Céline 41

Disney, Walter 39

Dissanayake, Ellen 14–15

dissonance 11

dog(s) 4, 10, 21; comprehension of 47–8, 52; emotional expression of 89–90; hearing of 10

Dolphy, Eric 131

“Donna Lee” 19–20, 26–7, 33–4, 41–2, 101–2

Drake, Nick 123

Dreyfus, Hubert L. 23

Dutton, Denis 14–15

Dylan, Bob: “North Country Blues” 98

emotion 53–4, 69–101, 125–6; central cases of 74–5, 77, 100, 126; cultural influences on 75–7; expression of 60, 65, 69–72, 74–88, 90–8, 100–2, 116; feeling component of 53, 73–4; intentionality of 72–3; as judgment 53, 71, 74–5, 126, 128; mood distinguished from 73; outward symptoms of 53, 70, 74–77, 80–1, 85–6, 96–7; universality of 54, 74, 85–6

Esterházy estate 17, 22

Esterházy, Nicolaus I (Prince) 18, 34

Eurocentrism 13–14

exemplification 111, 133–40; representation distinguished from 134–5

expression see emotion

Fantasia (film) 39–41, 64

Fantin-Latour, Henri 13

Feld, Steven 81, 88, 96

Feldman, Morton: Rothko Chapel 114

Fergusson, Robert 85, 91

film music 23, 40–1, 82, 124

Flashdance (film) 136

folk music 11, 31, 46, 61–2, 82, 116

Friedrich, Caspar David: Northern Sea in the Moonlight 131; The Polar Sea 119

Fripp, Robert 132; see also King Crimson

functionality 7, 16, 24–25, 29–30, 32–3

functional value 24–25, 32, 80–1, 85, 98, 101

gamelan orchestra 14

Geist 27, 30

Gell, Alfred 15

Ghandi, Mahatma 25

Gioia, Ted 97

Glass, Philip: Koyaanisqatsi 131; Satyagraha 25

Glennie, Evelyn 10

Glinka, Mikhail 44, 56, 61–3; Spanish Overture No. 1 45, 61–2

Goldie, Peter 72–3

Goodman, Nelson 136

Górecki, Henyrk: String Quartet No. 3 71; Symphony No. 3 41

Gould, Glenn 7–8

Grateful Dead 129; American Beauty 32; “Dark Star” 114

Guido of Arezzo 5

Guthrie, Woodrow (“Woody”): “Dear Mrs. Roosevelt” 82; “(Take Me) Riding in Your Car” 107; “This Land is Your Land” 82; “Union Maid” 107

Handel, George Frideric: Messiah 25–26, 107

Han dynasty (China) 14

Hane 96–8, 101

“The Hangman’s Reel” 84

Hanslick, Eduard 22–24, 26–27, 33, 95; on Geist 27, 30; on musical culture 31

Hardy, Thomas: Far from the Madding Crowd 83–4

harmony 10–12, 19, 20–1, 26, 32, 48–9, 57, 59–60, 103, 115–16

Harrison, George 32, 46; “Piggies” 6; see also Beatles

Haydn, Joseph 17–18, 22, 34, 62, 132; The Creation 107; The Seasons 117; Symphony No. 45 “The Farewell” 17–18, 20

heavy metal 22, 58

Heine, Heinrich 69

Hendrix, James (“Jimi”) 117

Hesiod 4

Higgins, Kathleen 66–7

Hindustani aesthetics 99–102, 104–6, 116

Hindustani music 2, 14, 46, 49, 99, 101–2, 106, 118; see also Shankar, Ravi

Homer: The Odyssey 104

Hoffmann, E.T.A. 113, 132–4

Horrocks, Amy Elsie 127

Hume, David 125–6

Hurt, “Mississippi” John: “Talking Casey” 117

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (film) 62

inaudible music 10–11, 21, 111

“Imperial March” 82

improvisation 54, 97, 101, 114, 129, 131, 134, 138

Indian music see Hindustani music

ineffability 55, 108–11, 113–14, 117, 119, 121, 129–30, 132–3, 138–40

insincere expression 76–8, 86

intention 18, 24, 53, 65–6, 77, 79–80, 107, 116–17, 132, 134, 136

intentionality 72–3

James, William 106

Java: music of 14

jazz 5, 19–20, 32–3, 97, 103–4, 134, 140

Joplin, Scott 105, 114

jota aragonesa 61

Joyce, James 109; Ulysses 130

Kaluli people 81, 100; music of 81, 88, 96–8

Kania, Andrew 21

Kant, Immanuel 23–25, 28–29, 112; Critique of Judgment 23; on music’s artistic status 27; on purposefulness 24–25; on sublimity 120, 131

Keats, John 20, 130; “Ode to a Nightingale” 1, 69

Kermit the Frog 134–5

Khan, Ali Akbar 46, 52, 54

King Crimson 132; Starless and Bible Black 93; “Trio” 92–3

Kivy, Peter 128; on musical profundity 119

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang 128

Kubler, George24

Kumar, Raj 99

Lamborghini Murciélago 15–17, 20, 25, 37

language 3, 9, 29, 31, 42–50, 52–3, 57–8, 60, 108–10, 115–16, 130, 133; acquisition of 29, 31, 43, 45, 47, 55; communication distinguished from 3; inflection 8; Mandarin 3; pitched 9; Swedish 3; see also ineffability

Larkin, Philip 98

Laski, Marghanita 119

Lebrecht, Norman 41

Led Zeppelin: “D’yer Mak’er” 93–4

Lennon, John 31–3; see also Beatles

Levinson, Jerrold 56

Levitin, Daniel J. 31

Lietzau, Kent 105, 114

Lincoln, Abraham 35

Lind, Johanna Maria (“Jenny”) 4

Liszt, Franz 115

Lynn, Vera 4, 8

Lyotard, Jean-François 108–9, 130–1

lyric(s) 5, 23, 27, 35, 40–1, 43, 77, 82, 107; Schopenhauer on 116; see also poetry

Ma, Yo-Yo 41, 43

“Maria” (song) 11–12

Marxist principles of art 27

Matisse, Henri: Madame Matisse (“Portrait with a Green Stripe”) 135

McCartney, Paul 32, 34; see also Beatles

McFee, Graham 66

melody 7-8, 19, 34, 38, 46, 49-51, 54-8, 61, 65, 77, 81-2, 84, 100, 105, 115-18, 123, 127

memory 51, 53–6, 73

Mersenne, Marin 12

Merseybeat 32

Messiaen, Olivier 70, 106–7; Quatuor pour la fin du temps 2, 106–7; religious faith of 107

Michelangelo: Pietà 100

Mingus, Charles 98; “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” 97

Mitchell, Joni: Hejira 101–2

Mitias, Michael 138

Monk, Thelonious 104; “’Round Midnight” 103–4, 109–10, 130

Moses 121

Mothersill, Mary 120

mourning rituals: Kaluli 81, 96; Victorian 76, 86

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 22, 59, 106, 132; Ein musikalischer Spaß 93–4

multi-media performance 23, 40, 116; see also film, opera, performance

Musée d’Orsay (Paris) 12–13

musica instrumentalis 11

musica mundana 11

Musical News 127

musicality 4, 6, 8–10, 15, 21, 38, 51, 66–67

The Music Garden (film) 41, 43

My Fair Lady 139

Narada 104

Neill, Alex 25, 27

Nightingale (software) 3

“A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” 4–5, 8

noise 22, 38, 57, 111

Nye, William 36

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (film) 61–2

Odysseus 104

Ojibwa people 87

“Old Hundred” (song) 35

“Old McDonald” (song) 2

Ono, Yoko 21

opera 17, 22–27, 38, 40, 116–17, 123

originality 23, 61–3, 65–6, 82, 124

The Oxford Dictionary of Music 49

Parker, Charles Jr. (“Charlie”) 30; “Donna Lee” 19–20, 26–27

Pärt, Arvo 130

Pastorius, Jaco 19–20, 22, 101–2; “Come on, Come Over” 19–20; “Continuum,” 20; “Donna Lee” 19–20, 27, 33–34, 41–42, 101–2; Jaco Pastorius 19–20, 101

Pearson, Henry 35

Perahia, Murray 8

perception 10, 12–13, 36–8, 54–8, 120–3; errors of 5, 38, 51, 57, 59, 121–2; memory and 55–6; neurobiology of 121–3, 129; subjectivity of 120–2, 129; see also amusia

performance 16, 18, 22–23, 33, 37, 45–8, 81, 83–4, 95–7, 99–102, 104–5, 107, 117, 131, 133–4

The Pianist (film) 37

pig 6

pitch 7–10, 51, 55

Plato 5, 91

pleasure 22, 24, 26, 31, 112–13, 129

poetry 8–9, 14, 22, 50, 86, 98, 109

Powell, Earl “Bud” 19

Pravda 26

Preston, Thomas 135

Prinz, Jesse J. 72–3

program music 40, 43, 86, 106–8, 116–18

punk rock 22

pure instrumental music 23–24, 26–27, 39–40, 43, 58, 64–6, 115, 118

purism 36, 39–43, 64–7; two kinds distinguished 42, 64

purposefulness 24–25, 27, 34

Pythagorean account of music 10–12, 14

Pythagoras 10

quasi-hearing 56

Qur’an 133

radio programming 40

Raga Bhimpalasi 101–2

Raga Marwa 2

ragtime 105

“The Rain in Spain” 139

Rameau, Jean Philippe 6

Ramones: “Teenage Lobotomy” 59

rasa 99–100

religious music 25, 27, 106–7, 116

Revere, Paul: The Bloody Massacre (engraving) 135

rhythm 6–10, 21, 26, 42, 54–7, 62–3, 70, 77, 80, 85; perception of 6–7, 55–7

Ridley, Aaron 25, 27

Robinson, Jenefer: on Romantic expression theory 98

Romantic expression theory 65, 88, 97–99, 101

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 82

Rossini, Gioachino 103, 116

Rostropovich, Mstislav 16, 41

Rothenberg, David 69–70, 90

Rothko, Mark 35, 124

Rousseau, Jean Jacques 36

Sacks, Oliver 38

St. Peter’s Basilica 112, 137, 139

Sam and Dave 20

Sanskrit hymns 14

Satie, Erik 67; Gymnopédies 59, 63

Saul, King 105

Schiller, Friedrich von112

schizophrenia 29

Schoenberg, Arnold 115

Schopenhauer, Arthur 35–6, 114–19, 132, 134, 136–7; The World as Will and Representation 114

seeing see vision

Seurat, Georges: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 2

The Shaggs 123

Shakespeare, William 8–9; Julius Caesar 37–8

Shankar, Ravi 46, 52, 54, 99, 101–2, 106

Shostakovich, Dmitri 26–27, 60, 114, 118, 129; Cello Concerto No. 1 60; String Quartet No. 8 127; Symphony No. 5 26–27; Symphony No. 10 60

Siblin, Eric 65

singing 4–5, 22, 31, 35, 81, 104, 111, 118, 123; see also birdsong

siren 104, 113

Socrates 3, 50

“The Soldier’s Joy” 77–86, 88, 90–1, 94, 96

Solomon, Robert C. 53, 126

Songbird (software) 3

Stalin, Joseph 26–27

“The Star Spangled Banner” 58, 117

Star Wars score 41, 82, 128

Steiner, Rudolf 115

Stewart, Roderick (“Rod”) 5, 8

Sturges, Preston: Sullivan’s Travels 62

style 30–3, 37, 43–4, 61–3, 113, 131, 134, 140; Crowther on 33

sublimity 103, 108, 111–14, 118–20, 123–4, 126–34, 137–40; beauty distinguished from 112, 127; ineffability of 108, 111, 113–14, 129–30, 132–33, 138–40; in nature 118–20, 131

supernatural see ineffability, sublimity

symphonic music 17–18, 22, 34, 39; Schopenhauer on 116; visual dimension of 18

Taj Mahal 1, 20

Taruskin, Richard 18

Taylor, Deems 39

They Came to Play (film) 105

timbre 7–8

Titanic (film) 40–41

Top Gear 15

Tormey, Alan 79

tritone 11–13

Turner, J. M. W.: Snow Storm 119

Twain, Mark (Samuel Clemens) 36

ugliness 59, 112–13, 123, 125, 128

Upanishads 108, 115

value 15, 20, 24–5, 32, 39, 80–1, 85, 98–9, 101, 108, 110, 118; subjectivity of 127

Van Cliburn Piano Competition 105

Van der Merwe, Peter 11, 61–2

Van Gogh, Vincent: The Starry Night 131

Vermeer, Johannes 52

Victoria, Queen of England 76

Victorian mourning practices 76, 86

vision 121-2, 125-6; limits of 12; see also perception

Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons 117

Wagner, Richard 22–7, 36, 49–50; on Beethoven 22–23, 49–50; on Gesamtkunstwerk 23, 40; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 24–26; Der Ring des Nibelungen 123

Walton, Kendall L. 59

Wenner, Jann 31

West Side Story 12–13

whale song 4, 21, 66

Whistler, James McNeill: Nocturne, San Giorgio 135

Williams, John 124, 128

Wilson, Theodore (“Teddy”) 103

Wittgenstein, Ludwig 38, 52, 54; on language 47–8; on the mystical 108–9, 139

Wolff, Robert Paul 43–4

words see language

Wordsworth, William 86, 97–8

Wurth, Kiene B. 109

Yoruba art 14

Young, Lester 97

YouTube 20

Zappa, Frank 45; on lyrics 41

Zevon, Warren: “Hasten Down the Wind” 127