Lydia Goehr

Lydia Goehr is Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University. She is the author of The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music ; The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy;  Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory; Red Sea-Red Square-Red Thread. A Philosophical Detective Story; David Lean: Filmmaker and Philosopher. Her current project is Violin Lessons: Notes toward a Philosophy of Practice.