Language of Music by Deryck Cooke

Language of Music by Deryck Cooke

This important book has come to be regarded as a modern classic. Originally published in 1959, it has exerted a profound influence on all subsequent discussion in the field of musical aesthetics. Deryck Cooke's thesis is that the fundamental characteristic of music is the expression and evocation of emotion. He argues that all composers whose music has a tonal basis have used the same, or closely similar, melodic phrases, harmonies, and rhythms to express and evoke the same emotions. He supports this view with numerous musical examples, ranging from plainsong to Stravinsky, and he argues that music is a language in the quite specific sense that idiom can be identified and a list of meanings compiled. While acknowledging that a 'dictionary' of the language of music cannot easily be provided, he here attempts to supply at least a 'phrase-book'.

The late Deryck Cooke, author of The Language of Music, completed Mahler's Tenth Symphony.

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ISBN 13	9780192840042
ISBN 10	0192840045
Titre	Language of Music
Auteur	Deryck Cooke
Série	Oxford Paperbacks
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Oxford University Press
Année de publication	1960-12-01
Nombre de pages	306
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