Art and Aesthetics: a Promenade ab Homine is a book written by Benedict Beckeld, accompanied by a CD by mezzo-soprano Anna Cley[1] and pianist Virginie Martineau-Larderet.[2] The book / CD was published in January 2016 by the French label Lux Classic.[3][4][5]

Art & Aesthetics
AuthorBenedict Beckeld
LanguageEnglish
Genre21st-century philosophy, Aesthetics, Opera
PublishedJanuary 2016, France
PublisherLux Classic
Publication placeFrance
Media typeBook-cd
Pages2164630909
ISBN979-10-94853-02-3

"Art and Aesthetics"[6][7] deals with several issues of modern art and of artistic existence, especially:

  • the use of the old to create the new;
  • the evolution of Western music;
  • social fragmentation's impact on artistic movements;
  • the academic-scientific approach to literature;
  • the meaning of "ab homine", as opposed to "ad hominem"; and
  • the history of perspectivism.

These ideas are discussed in a partially autobiographical way, and raised through aesthetic experiences and encounters with people and places in several countries. "The lyrical music on the CD extends his voyage from the philosophically aesthetic into the pure aesthetic."[citation needed]

Track listings

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Title Opera Composer(s)
" Thy hand Belinda ... When I am laid " Dido and Aeneas Henry Purcell
"O del mio dolce ardor" Paride ed Elena Christoph Willibald Gluck
"Deh per quest'istante solo" La clemenza di Tito Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Parto, parto" La clemenza di Tito Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Arabiens einsam' kind" Oberon Carl Maria von Weber
"Arabien, mein Heimatland" Oberon Carl Maria von Weber
"Ô ma lyre immortelle" Sapho Charles Gounod
"J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" Orphee et Eurydice Christoph Willibald Gluck / Berlioz
"Amour, viens rendre à mon âme" Orphee et Eurydice Christoph Willibald Gluck / Berlioz
"So ist es denn aus" Die Walküre Richard Wagner
"Amour viens aider ma faiblesse" Samson et Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns
"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" Samson et Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns
"Give him this orchid" The Rape of Lucretia Benjamin Britten

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