{"product_id":"a-language-of-its-own-ruth-katz-9780226425962","title":"A Language of Its Own: Sense and Meaning in the Making of Western Art Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Western musical tradition has produced not only music, but also countless writings about music that remain in continuous--and enormously influential--dialogue with their subject. With sweeping scope and philosophical depth, \u003ci\u003eA Language of Its Own\u003c\/i\u003e traces the past millennium of this ongoing exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth Katz argues that the indispensible relationship between intellectual production and musical creation gave rise to the Western conception of music. This evolving and sometimes conflicted process, in turn, shaped the art form itself. As ideas entered music from the contexts in which it existed, its internal language developed in tandem with shifts in intellectual and social history. Katz explores how this infrastructure allowed music to explain itself from within, creating a self-referential and rational foundation that has begun to erode in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA magisterial exploration of a frequently overlooked intersection of Western art and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eA Language of Its Own\u003c\/i\u003e restores music to its rightful place in the history of ideas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226425967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226425962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2010 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Ruth Katz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086410330367,"sku":"9780226425962","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f713f744-0ad3-44a9-8961-57ba7946209a.jpg?v=1769094513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-language-of-its-own-ruth-katz-9780226425962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}