A Philosophy of Cover Songs

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMagnus, P.D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-16T14:06:31Z
dc.date.available2024-05-16T14:06:31Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-28
dc.date.updated2024-05-16T14:06:30Z
dc.descriptionPublication status: ACTIVE
dc.description.abstractCover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers, and audiences use the category to organize their listening and appreciation. However, until now philosophers have not had much to say about them. In A Philosophy of Cover Songs, P.D. Magnus demonstrates that philosophy provides a valuable toolbox for thinking about covers; in turn, the philosophy of cover songs illustrates some general points about philosophical method. Lucidly written, the book is divided into three parts: how to think about covers, appreciating covers, and the metaphysics of covers and songs. Along the way, it explores a range of issues raised by covers, from the question of what precisely constitutes a cover, to the history and taxonomy of the category, the various relationships that hold between songs, performances, and tracks, and the appreciation and evaluation of covers. This unique and engaging book will be of interest to those working in philosophy of art, philosophy of music, popular music studies, music history, and musicology, as well as to readers with a general interest in popular music, covers, and how we think about them.
dc.description.versionVoR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0293
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644229
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644236
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644243
dc.identifier.isbn9781800646773
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644274
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644250
dc.identifier.isbn9781800644267
dc.identifier.otherbcef0b82-b5b8-46e4-afb1-72bd42aba8da
dc.identifier.urihttps://thoth-arch.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1811/92
dc.languageENG
dc.publisherOpen Book Publishers
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAV
dc.subjectAVA
dc.subjectAVH
dc.subjectHP
dc.subjectHPJ
dc.subjectMUS020000
dc.subjectSCI075000
dc.subjectSOC026040
dc.subjectML3470
dc.subjectPerforming Arts
dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subjectcontemporary popular music
dc.subjectcover songs
dc.subjectmusical performance
dc.titleA Philosophy of Cover Songs
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33
dcterms.accessRightsEmbargo: none

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
Thumbnail Image
Name:
bcef0b82-b5b8-46e4-afb1-72bd42aba8da.pdf
Size:
29.04 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Published version
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
bcef0b82-b5b8-46e4-afb1-72bd42aba8da.json
Size:
30 KB
Format:
Unknown data format
Description:
Bibliographic metadata
Download

Collections

Thoth Archiving Network