| Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment Contributor(s): Thomas, Downing A. (Author), Kallberg, Jeffrey (Editor), Newcomb, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521028620 ISBN-13: 9780521028622 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: This new series explores the conceptual frameworks that shape or have shaped the ways in which we understand music and its history, and seeks to elaborate structures of explanation, interpretation, commentary, and criticism which make music intelligible and which provide a basis for argument about judgments of value. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 401 |
| Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The search for the origins of language was one of the most pressing philosophical issues of the eighteenth century. It has escaped notice, however, that music figured prominently in that search. This study analyzes reflections on music and music theory as they appear within the logical and narrative structure of texts by, for example, Rousseau, Diderot, Rameau and Condillac, and considers the ways in which music facilitates links between language and meaning, between conceptions of an original society and an ideal social order. |