Music in the Moment: (Almost) All Musical Understanding is Local
Jerrold Levinson, one of the world’s most distinguished philosophers of music will give a talk at the Liszt Academy on 20 October (Thursday) at 6pm in Room I (main building, Liszt Square) on his theory about the musical understanding of a listener.
Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland (USA). His main philosophical interest is aesthetics, with secondary interests in metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Among the arts he is particularly concerned with philosophical problems arising in connection with music, film, and literature. Levinson has written extensively on the definition of art, expression in music, emotional response to art, the nature of literary interpretation, and the ontology of artworks. Levinson was general editor of the Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, 2003), and has written or edited the following volumes, among others: The Pleasures of Aesthetics (Cornell UP, 1996), Music in the Moment (Cornell UP, 1998), Aesthetics and Ethics (Cambridge UP, 1998), Contemplating Art (Oxford UP, 2006), Music, Art, and Metaphysics (Oxford UP, 2010), Art and Pornography (Oxford UP, 2012), Musical Concerns (Oxford UP, 2015), Aesthetic Pursuits (Oxford UP, 2016).
All welcome – the event is open to public. If you are not a Liszt Academy student or staff member, please register by sending an email to Ms Éva Máté (mate [dot] eva [dot] gyongy [at] lisztacademy [dot] hu) with the subject line “Levinson”.