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Exploring the intersection of music and the concept of the sublime, the book examines how musical experiences reshape our understanding of sublime feelings, which evolve from pain to pleasure. Wurth challenges the idea of a singular sublime format, illustrating how, since the mid-eighteenth century, sublime emotions have been continuously redefined through their relationship with music, highlighting the complexities of this interaction in shaping emotional responses.
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Musically Sublime, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- Musically Sublime
- Subtitle
- Indeterminacy, Infinity, Irresolvability
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kiene Brillenburg Wurth
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 238
- ISBN13
- 9780823230648
- Category
- About Literature
- Description
- Exploring the intersection of music and the concept of the sublime, the book examines how musical experiences reshape our understanding of sublime feelings, which evolve from pain to pleasure. Wurth challenges the idea of a singular sublime format, illustrating how, since the mid-eighteenth century, sublime emotions have been continuously redefined through their relationship with music, highlighting the complexities of this interaction in shaping emotional responses.