The Musical Structure of Plato’s Dialogues
The Musical Structure of Plato’s Dialogues. J.B. Kennedy. Acumen Press, 2011. J.B. Kennedy’s The Musical Structure of Plato’s Dialogues seeks to establish that Plato divided some, if…
Soul Music in Plato’s Republic
I In the Republic, Socrates names the musical modes and he correlates them with the different constitutions of state and soul (399a–c).[1] Since Socrates ranks the different…
Dusty Old Phonograph Records
Any largish institution, any home in fact, will find itself with odd accumulations of . . . stuff: old shipping documents, tax reports, Christmas decorations from the…
Music as Metaphor
Understanding Music, Philosophy and Interpretation. Roger Scruton. New York: Continuum Press, 2009. Scruton’s Understanding Music is a collection of previously published essays, with the first part…