Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds by Vanessa Agnew
Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds

Vanessa Agnew

Enlightenment Orpheus: The Power of Music in Other Worlds

Vanessa Agnew

280 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

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The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies, civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy t...

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