Hearing double : jazz, ontology, auditory culture /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Ontology. The Metaphysics of Musical Structure ; Replication ; Nomination ; The Ontology of Musical Networks -- Part II. Auditory Culture. The Soundscape of Standards ; The Aesthetics of Standards, or Hearing Double."Hearing Double is an extended meditation on the jazz standard that brings together both musical analysis and philosophical analysis to offer a novel theory of musical works. Rather than focus on works of classical music, which has been the main focus of most Anglophone philosophy of music, Hearing Double focuses on 'jazz standards' and attempts to theorize what makes them ontologically and historically specific and important. In this theory, standards are understood to emerge from networks of musical performances. Part I describes the ontology of these musical networks by considering two musical processes, 'replication' and 'nomination,' and their interaction. Part II discusses the historical conditions that encouraged standards to emerge. These conditions promoted an auditory culture where new songs were expected to circulate in ever-changing performances and arrangements. By weaving together ontological theory and auditory cultural history, Hearing Double challenges conventional understandings of the jazz repertoire, and opens up a new method for understanding the history, purpose, meaning, and aesthetics of jazz standards"--