On Opera

Bernard Williams, Michael Tanner • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300142280

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On Opera

Bernard Williams, Michael Tanner • Yale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300142285 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300142280 · 2008

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In this posthumous collection, philosopher Bernard Williams and critic Michael Tanner examine the unique aesthetic and emotional power of opera. Through a series of incisive essays, the authors analyze the interplay between music and drama, offering a rigorous philosophical inquiry into the genre's capacity to articulate human experience and moral complexity.

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Publisher: Yale University Press
2008
Pages: 176Language: English

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Author: Bernard WilliamsAuthor: Michael Tanner

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Inferred: AestheticsInferred: Analytic PhilosophyInferred: Cultural CriticismInferred: Music PhilosophyInferred: Opera StudiesInferred: Criticism

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Influences: Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe VerdiCornerstone of: Philosophy of Music, Opera Criticism

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