Description: A highly-enjoyable and sophisticated exploration of the history, debates and ideas at play in the aesthetics of music.
Brief description: Andy Hamilton teaches philosophy, and also aesthetics of jazz, at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Aesthetics and Music (2007) and Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art (2007). With Peter Cheyne and Max Paddison, he is co-editor of The Philosophy of Rhythm (2019). He also contributes to The Wire, Jazz Journal and International Piano.
Review Quotes:
"In this new edition of Aesthetics and Music, Andy Hamilton explores music and philosophy, moving beyond Eurocentric perspectives. I was fascinated by how the book challenges the idea of music as disembodied sound or abstract language, focusing instead on its embodied, multisensory and cultural dimensions." --Aruán Ortiz, Composer and Pianist, USA
"Andy Hamilton's revised Aesthetics and Music, which includes dialogues with fellow philosopher musicians, is a timely reminder that we should question more, and think." --John Potter, Singer and Writer, UK