{"product_id":"the-spheres-of-music-a-gathering-of-essays-9780226521541","title":"The Spheres of Music: A Gathering of Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leonard B. Meyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeonard B. Meyer's writings on the theory, history, perception, and aesthetics of music have inspired and provoked generations of readers. \u003ci\u003eThe Spheres of Music\u003c\/i\u003e makes available a selection of his most important essays (originally published between 1974 and 1998). Gathering them together in one volume not only enables the essays to \"converse\" with and illuminate each other, but also allows Meyer to revise, recant, and comment on the ideas they present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the same sensitive insight and searching intelligence he has exhibited throughout his career, Meyer transcends the boundaries that so often separate fields of inquiry. \u003ci\u003eThe Spheres of Music\u003c\/i\u003e joins music theory to history, history to culture, culture to aesthetics, aesthetics to psychology, and psychology back to theory. In so doing, the book highlights the complex interrelationships at the heart of the creation, comprehension, and history of music. Diverse and adventurous, \u003ci\u003eThe Spheres of Music\u003c\/i\u003e presents an intriguing and impressive collection of Meyer's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ever since the publication of his \u003ci\u003eEmotion and Meaning in Music\u003c\/i\u003e . . . I have considered Leonard B. Meyer one of the keenest thinkers about music among us.\"-Winthrop Sargeant, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614478024855,"sku":"9780226521541","price":4668.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226521541.webp?v=1775094030","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spheres-of-music-a-gathering-of-essays-9780226521541","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}