Publications
Publications including journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and books.
“The Whole City Must Never Cease Singing”: Plato and the Community of the Musical Nomos
Christian Vassilev, Emil Devedjiev · Philosophy of Music Education Review
This paper explores the fundamental tenets of Plato’s philosophy of education, particularly his views on a practice of great educational potential: co...
Methodological Foundations of Eero Tarasti’s Musical Semiotics
Christian Vassilev · Semiotic Society of Finland
The book is an introduction to Eero Tarasti’s works on music, as well as musical semiotics in general. It covers a wide range of sources from multiple...
The Phenomenon of Musical Identification. A View From Heidegger’s Early Phenomenology
Christian Vassilev · HORIZON. Studies in Phenomenology
The starting point of the following article are statements by various prominent musical performers of the 20th century who have testified to the life-...
Antheil and Musical Wholeness in the Work of A. B. Marx
Christian Vassilev · Almanac - National Academy of Music “Professor Pancho Vladigerov’’
A major theme in Adolf Bernhard Marx’s work is the idea that music has sense only to one who “participates” in it. According to Marx, musical Antheil...