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C/MD/68. Unity as a means of analysis and its merits over disunity as characterized by post-modern thought in music

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2009
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The paper addresses the issues of formalism and positivism in musicology discussing the concepts of unity, diversity, modernity, etc. in the musical context. The theory of unity as aesthetic ideology is reviewed with reference to the theoretical debate between Kerman and Koki Agawu on the role of unity and analysis in music.

 

KEYWORDS: Agawu, Kerman, Unity, Disunity, Musicology, Circular Logic,

 
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