The Science of Music - Couverture rigide

Maconie, Robin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198166486 ISBN 13 : 9780198166481

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1997

Synopsis

Apart from providing an outlet for human emotions, does music have a use? Is a Mozart symphony intelligent, and is music a language? If so, what does it say and how does it say it? In this perceptive and revolutionary sequel to The Concept of Music, Robin Maconie teases out the musical science underlying subjects as diverse as Pythagoras's theorem, Plato's city state, mysteries of religion, myth, and folklore, theories of the mind, and key insights of Newton, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Western civilization is based on a foundation of universal laws derived from acoustics and hearing. Music is not only the product of that civilizing process but also the key to understanding the hidden structures and rituals of established belief. Beneath the surface of mass entertainment lie musical notations, images, instruments, and ensemble interactions to be understood afresh as models and mind games in an ongoing programme of scientfic discovery, information management, and social organization. That understanding is exciting in itself, has important educational and cultural implications, and is essential for future progress in musical composition.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Maconie is Publisher Reports Manager at Dawson UK Ltd's Book Division (Library Suppliers). A New Zealand born composer and writer on music, he has been chief music critic for the TES and visiting lecturer at the City University and Surrey University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198166486
• ISBN 13: 9780198166481
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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