by Eugenio Trías · Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481098808
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«La imaginación sonora: Argumentos musicales» is a philosophy essay by Eugenio Trías, published by Galaxia Gutenberg in hardcover (680 pages, in Spanish).
It starts from the origins of musical writing and polyphony to cover nearly a millennium of Western music, up to composers such as Mahler or Schönberg. In that arc appear Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Palestrina or Orlando di Lasso. The author's philosophy, present in the background, turns the book into a reflection on the meaning of music in European culture.
First edition published on October 1, 2010; it belongs to the Essay collection and includes bibliographical references and an index.
For readers interested in philosophy, aesthetics and the history of Western classical music.
Eugenio Trías Sagnier was a Spanish philosopher. Critics have likened his work to Ortega y Gasset in the philosophical literature written in Spanish.
