A Philosophy of Cover Songs

Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers, and audiences use the category to organize their listening and appreciation. However, until now philosophers have not had much to say about them. In A Philosophy of Cover Songs, P.D...

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Hlavní autor: Magnus, P.D.
Médium: Online
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Open Book Publishers 2022
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description Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers, and audiences use the category to organize their listening and appreciation. However, until now philosophers have not had much to say about them. In A Philosophy of Cover Songs, P.D. Magnus demonstrates that philosophy provides a valuable toolbox for thinking about covers; in turn, the philosophy of cover songs illustrates some general points about philosophical method. Lucidly written, the book is divided into three parts: how to think about covers, appreciating covers, and the metaphysics of covers and songs. Along the way, it explores a range of issues raised by covers, from the question of what precisely constitutes a cover, to the history and taxonomy of the category, the various relationships that hold between songs, performances, and tracks, and the appreciation and evaluation of covers. This unique and engaging book will be of interest to those working in philosophy of art, philosophy of music, popular music studies, music history, and musicology, as well as to readers with a general interest in popular music, covers, and how we think about them.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-819212025-03-16T15:47:48Z A Philosophy of Cover Songs Magnus, P.D. contemporary popular music;cover songs;musical performance Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers, and audiences use the category to organize their listening and appreciation. However, until now philosophers have not had much to say about them. In A Philosophy of Cover Songs, P.D. Magnus demonstrates that philosophy provides a valuable toolbox for thinking about covers; in turn, the philosophy of cover songs illustrates some general points about philosophical method. Lucidly written, the book is divided into three parts: how to think about covers, appreciating covers, and the metaphysics of covers and songs. Along the way, it explores a range of issues raised by covers, from the question of what precisely constitutes a cover, to the history and taxonomy of the category, the various relationships that hold between songs, performances, and tracks, and the appreciation and evaluation of covers. This unique and engaging book will be of interest to those working in philosophy of art, philosophy of music, popular music studies, music history, and musicology, as well as to readers with a general interest in popular music, covers, and how we think about them. 2022-05-31T04:02:43Z 2022-05-31T04:02:43Z 2022-05-30T08:59:23Z 2022 book OCN: 1321794085 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54712 9781800644229 9781800644236 9781800646773 9781800644274 9781800644250 9781800644267 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/81921 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54712/1/9781800644243.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54712/1/9781800644243.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/54712/1/9781800644243.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0293 10.11647/OBP.0293 b014b543-78bd-4c3b-bc71-b68e2ac855b9 9781800644229 9781800644236 9781800646773 9781800644274 9781800644250 9781800644267 ScholarLed 163 Cambridge open access
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