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Representation in Music
Philosophy 51 (197):273 - 287 (1976)
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Music may be used to express emotion, to heighten a drama, to emphasize the meaning of a ceremony; but it is nevertheless an abstract art, with no power to represent the world. Representation, as I understand it, is a property that does not belong to musicAuthor's Profile
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