Sounding the virtual : Gilles Deleuze and the theory and philosophy of music

It is the contention of the editors and contributors to this collection, that Gilles Deleuze has made interesting and important contributions to the understanding of music. But, as Deleuze himself stresses, more important than merely critiquing established paradigms is developing ways to overcome them. This book does just that. It is the contention of the editors and contributors of this volume that the work carried out by Gilles Deleuze, where rigorously applied, has the potential to cut through much of the intellectual sedimentation that has settled in the fields of music studies. Deleuze is a vigorous critic of the Western intellectual tradition, calling for a 'philosophy of difference', and, despite its ambitions, he is convinced that Western philosophy fails to truly grasp (or think) difference as such. It is argued that longstanding methods of conceptualizing music are vulnerable to Deleuze's critique. But, as Deleuze himself stresses, more important than merely critiquing established paradigms is developing ways to overcome them, and by using Deleuze's own concepts this collection aims to explore that possibility Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 8 List of Music Examples......Page 10 Notes on Contributors......Page 12 Introduction......Page 16 1 The Image of Thought and Ideas of Music......Page 20 2 Thinking Musical Difference: Music Theory as Minor Science*......Page 42 3 A Deleuzian Noise/Excavating the Body of Abstract Sound......Page 70 4 The Sound of Repeating Life: Ethics and Metaphysics in Deleuze’s Philosophy of Music......Page 96 5 Enforced Deterritorialization, or the Trouble with Musical Politics......Page 122 6 Gilles Deleuze and the Musical Spinoza......Page 148 7 Intensity, Music, and Heterogenesis in Deleuze*......Page 164 8 Critique and Clinique: From Sounding Bodies to the Musical Event......Page 178 9 Logic of Edge: Wolfgang Rihm’s Am Horizont......Page 200 10 Music and the Difference in Becoming......Page 218 11 Transformation and Becoming Other in the Music and Poetics of Luciano Berio......Page 246 12 Line, Surface, Speed: Nomadic Features of Melody......Page 268 Bibliography......Page 288 Index......Page 298 The Image Of Thought And Ideas Of Music / Christopher Hasty -- Thinking Musical Difference : Music Theory As Minor Science / Brian Hulse -- A Deleuzian Noise/excavating The Body Of Abstract Sound / Sean Higgins -- The Sound Of Repeating Life : Ethics And Metaphysics In Deleuze's Philosophy Of Music / Michael Gallope -- Enforced Deterritorialization, Or The Trouble With Musical Politics / Martin Scherzinger -- Gilles Deleuze And The Musical Spinoza / Amy Cimini -- Intensity, Music, And Heterogenesis In Deleuze / Jean-godefroy Bidima, Translated By Michael Wiedorn -- Critique And Clinique : From Sounds In Bodies To The Musical Event / Nick Nesbitt -- Logic Of Edge : Wolfgang Rihm's Am Horizont / Judy Lochhead -- Music And The Difference In Becoming / Marianne Kielian-gilbert -- Transformation And Becoming Other In The Music And Poetics Of Luciano Berio / Bruce Quaglia -- Line, Surface, Speed : Nomadic Features / Ildar Khannanov. Edited By Brian Hulse And Nick Nesbitt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Music Examples 10 Notes on Contributors 12 Introduction 16 1 The Image of Thought and Ideas of Music 20 2 Thinking Musical Difference: Music Theory as Minor Science* 42 3 A Deleuzian Noise/Excavating the Body of Abstract Sound 70 4 The Sound of Repeating Life: Ethics and Metaphysics in Deleuze鈥檚 Philosophy of Music 96 5 Enforced Deterritorialization, or the Trouble with Musical Politics 122 6 Gilles Deleuze and the Musical Spinoza 148 7 Intensity, Music, and Heterogenesis in Deleuze* 164 8 Critique and Clinique: From Sounding Bodies to the Musical Event 178 9 Logic of Edge: Wolfgang Rihm鈥檚 Am Horizont 200 10 Music and the Difference in Becoming 218 11 Transformation and Becoming Other in the Music and Poetics of Luciano Berio 246 12 Line, Surface, Speed: Nomadic Features of Melody 268 Bibliography 288 Index 298 Brian Hulse is Associate Professor of Music at the College of William and Mary, USA