Lydia Goehr

Lydia Goehr
Born10 January 1960 (1960-01-10) (age 64)
London, England
Alma mater
Notable workThe Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: an Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992)
The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy (Oxford and Berkeley, 1998); Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2008)
Institutions
ThesisThe work of music (1987)
Doctoral advisorBernard Williams
Main interests
History of aesthetic theory, philosophy of music, philosophy of art, critical theory
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Lydia Goehr (born January 10, 1960) is an American philosopher and musicologist. She is the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, at Columbia University.[2] Her research specialties include the philosophy of music, aesthetics, critical theory, the philosophy of history, and 19th- and 20th-century philosophy.

  1. ^ Goehr, Lydia. "Philosophy of music, politics of music by Lydia Goehr". CRAL - Centre de Recherches sur les arts et le langage.
  2. ^ "Lydia Goehr | Department of Philosophy". Columbia University. Retrieved 18 December 2013.