Background
Chua, Daniel Kwan-Liang was born on March 16, 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Son of Wee Hian Chua, King Ling Cheung.
(This book examines the intellectual history of instrument...)
This book examines the intellectual history of instrumental music, in particular the idea of absolute music. It tries to show how certain ideas in philosophy, theology and the sciences affect the meaning and, indeed, the existence of instrumental music, and how, in turn, instrumental music is used to resolve or exemplify certain problems in modern culture. Instead of existing in a pure and autonomous form, music is woven back into the epistemological fabric and entangled with numerous discourses, thus demonstrating the centrality of music in the construction of meaning.
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Chua, Daniel Kwan-Liang was born on March 16, 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Son of Wee Hian Chua, King Ling Cheung.
Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1988. Master of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1989. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1992.
Henry fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991—1992. Research fellow St. John's College, England, 1993—1997, director of studies in music England, 1994—1997. Lecturer in music King's College, London, since 1997, reader in music, since 2000.
(This book examines the intellectual history of instrument...)
Married Jennifer Oy-C Lee, September 9, 2000. 1 child Lucas.