The Concept of Music
Seiten
1993
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-816388-6 (ISBN)
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-816388-6 (ISBN)
What is music for? How does it work? What can it teach us? This thought-provoking book, combining musical and appropriate scientific research, seeks the answers to these and other fundamental questions about music.
What is music for? How does it work? What does it represent? What does it mean? In this brilliant and thought-provoking book which is now available in paperback, Robin Maconie examines these fundamental questions matching musical tradition and scientific knowledge to produce answers which are often unexpected, frequently inspired, and invariably illuminating. Drawing on a wealth of evidence from the history of ideas, literature, and the arts, to classical physics and computer science, he argues with passion and humour for a fundamental reapprasial of music, not as mere entertainment, but as a medium of significant thought whose influence on the development of Western society has been profound.
What is music for? How does it work? What does it represent? What does it mean? In this brilliant and thought-provoking book which is now available in paperback, Robin Maconie examines these fundamental questions matching musical tradition and scientific knowledge to produce answers which are often unexpected, frequently inspired, and invariably illuminating. Drawing on a wealth of evidence from the history of ideas, literature, and the arts, to classical physics and computer science, he argues with passion and humour for a fundamental reapprasial of music, not as mere entertainment, but as a medium of significant thought whose influence on the development of Western society has been profound.
Composer and writer on music. Author of The Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen (OUP, 1990)
Communication; The pleasure of hearing; Looking and listening; Sound vibrations; Attraction; Sounds like reality; Orchestra; Time; Space; Belief systems; Scales; Melody, harmony, tonality; Notation; Ornamentation; Instruments; Sharps and flats; Enclosures; Palladio; Dissonance; Applause; Select bibliography; Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.10.1993 |
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Reihe/Serie | Clarendon Paperbacks |
Zusatzinfo | 1 figure |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 215 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-816388-6 / 0198163886 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-816388-6 / 9780198163886 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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