Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part One)

On Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 8-10. Is music (the supposedly non-representational artform) a language? If it's "expressive," what exactly does it express? Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support or via Apple Podcasts . Sponsors: Get a free T-shirt with your first order at BuckMason.com/pel . Get access to comprehensive software monitoring and 100GB of data free at NewRelic.com/pel . Learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu/pel .