In Philosophy of Song and Singing: An Introduction, Jeanette Bicknell explores key aesthetic, ethical, and other philosophical questions that have not yet been thoroughly researched by philosophers, musicologists, or scientists. Issues addressed include:

• The relationship between the meaning of a song's words and its music
• The performer's role and the ensuing gender complications, social ontology, and personal identity
• The performer's ethical obligations to audiences, composers, lyricists, and those for whom the material...