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A Philosophy of Cover Songs

Cover 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...

Keywords:: HP (Philosophy), MUS020000 (MUSIC / History & Criticism), cover songs, musical performance, contemporary popular music, HPJ (Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology), AVH (Individual composers and musicians, AV (Music), specific bands and groups), SCI075000 (SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects), AVA (Theory of music and musicology), SOC026040 (SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory), Philosophy

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Arts / Music / Music History

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Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Date Added to MERLOT:: April 29, 2022
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 20, 2022
Author:: P.D. Magnus
Submitter:: Open Book Publishers
Primary Audience:: Grade School, Middle School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International