The Philosophy of Music

Edité par Cosmo Pub, 2010

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Contents 1 Introduction I The Material of Music 2 The Phenomena of sound in general 3 Special characteristics of musical sounds 4 Theoretical nature of the sounds of musical instrumentsTaking the word philosophy in its broadest sense a philosophical study of music must include an investigation of the means by which musical sounds are produced and propagated in other words the science of acoustics which is a branch of physics of the means by which music is heard by the human ear which is a question of anatomy and physiology of the mental impressions produced by music which in the first place is part of the study of experimental psychology and lastly of the principles which have guided musicians in the pursuit of musical composition and musical performance as an artDr Pole?s book was written with the object of instituting a philosophical inquiry into the general structure of music in order to ascertain how far it was based on physical data or how far it had been the result of aesthetic or artistic consideration He arrives at the conclusion that although the fabric of music has its foundations laid in natural phenomena yet its superstructure is almost entirely a work of artDr Pole?s book is therefore occupied to a large extent with purely physical investigations He bases himself on the results obtained by Helmholtz whose object it was to discover a physical and physiological basis for the theory of musicIt is a very remarkable fact that this book which bears the impress of its original date on almost every page should still be readable with pleasure and with profit half a century after it was written What makes it readable literary style and the invariably skeptical and scientific temper of the author?s mindPole sets a valuable example to any one who might set out to write a philosophy of music from the standpoint of the present day Jacket 332 pp.…

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Titre
The Philosophy of Music
Auteur
William Pole
Éditeur
Cosmo Pub
Année de publication
2010
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Reliure
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Fifth Edition, Revised

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