Why not? When the book arrived I found it was a print-on-demand replica. The full text is available in Conversations on Art and Aesthetics (Oxford University Press, 2017). Sir Roger Scruton is a renowned philosopher with a deep ploughing knowledge of music theory, history and aesthetics. That is why their writings seem so shallow – namely that they have not identified the place in the human psyche at which the greatest works of art are aimed. Can you explain this? And there is no philosophical problem here, other than that of the nature and objectivity of critical judgment. However, I wonder how these claims are to be reconciled with some of your reflections on “terroir”. In these stories, set in... To contact Scrutopia, please email: contact@rogerscruton.com, RT @Scruton_Legacy: We are excited to announce Building Beautiful, an interview series with the leading figures of traditional architecture…, Scrutopia Book Club with Dr Mark Dooley I real tour de force through classical music using Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and everyone as and when necessary and touching briefly on the 20th C scene in music. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. What is music, what is its value, and what does it mean? As I say in the passage to which you refer: wine reminds the soul of its bodily origin, and the body of its spiritual meaning. Roger Scruton: We should look at the attempts to give a content to our experiences of wine, all of which tend to evaporate in empty metaphor. Sir Roger Scruton is a renowned philosopher with a deep ploughing knowledge of music theory, history and aesthetics. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. I real delight, very well written, erudite and also I would have to agreee with other reviewers very clearly written as you would expect from a philosopher and someone who knows their music. The Brillo Boxes are often interpreted in the way you suggest: but what kind of a comment are they? You consider Duchamp’s Fountain a joke. Hans Maes: There’s a world of difference, you argue, between mere drunkenness and the intoxicating quality of wine, which you compare to the intoxicating quality of a great line of poetry. When we speak of an intoxicating line of poetry, we are not referring to an effect in the person who reads or remembers it, comparable to the effect of an energy pill. It is a dispute about wine’s place in our experience. The event featured Nicholas Boys Smith, Founding Director of... Read the latest from Scrutopia here: https://mailchi.mp/fc1accfb98e3/4dxue1xf97-3781441. The understanding of the aesthetics of music is ruled by the followers of Theodor Adorno and the Frankfurter School of philosophy, Scruton represents an alternative to Marxism. Yes, there is nothing about Middle Eastern, African or Asian music. Prior to reading "Aesthetics of Music," I'd almost given up on philosophy of music as so much off-the-mark blather. Roger Scruton. Duchamp and Cage were very minor artists: but they did at least show us how humorless the critics can be. Title. If they convey anything it is by association rather than content – and the associations can go on forever. If you're like me, you read Schoenberg and Adorno and Krenek (and so on). In other words, from that point onwards, it is up to philosophers, and no longer up to artists, to make further progress in answering the question what art is.