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Hermeneutics, Music and

By: Roger W. H. Savage
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:hermeneutics; music

[Page 1077]Hermeneutics, as the art of interpretation, aims at understanding the meaning of human activities and cultural works. Musical hermeneutics was once regarded as a means of deciphering the meaning of instrumental works lacking a text or a ...

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  Savage, R. (2019). Hermeneutics, music and. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1077-1079). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n341
  
  Savage, Roger W. H. "Hermeneutics, Music and." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1077-79. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n341.
  
  Savage, R. 2019. Hermeneutics, Music and. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1077-1079 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n341> [Accessed 20 Apr 2021].
  
  Savage, Roger W. H. "Hermeneutics, Music and." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1077-79. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n341.
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