The Meaning of Music /

The Meaning of Music / / Leo Samama.

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For virtually all of our lives, we are surrounded by music. From lullabies to radio to the praises sung in houses of worship, we encounter music at home and in the street, during work and in our leisure time, and not infrequently at birth and death. But what is music, and what does it mean to humans...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
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Samama, Leo,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.) :; 24 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table Of Contents
  • 1. By Way Of A Foreword
  • Part A
  • 2. Looking Over Franz Schubert'S Shoulder
  • 3. What Is Music?
  • 4. Where Does Music Come From?
  • 5. Music As Imitation
  • 6. Music As Language
  • Part B
  • 7. Bach: Prelude In C Major
  • 8. Music And Communication
  • 9. Music As Notation
  • 10. Music As A Temporal Art
  • 12. On Depth And Elevation
  • Part C
  • 13. Beethoven: The Fifth
  • 14. Classical Music
  • 15. Hearing, Listening And Remembering
  • 16. On Composing
  • Part D
  • 17. Dvořák And The Bohemian Overcoat
  • 18. A Memorable Moment
  • 19. The Conductor
  • 19. The Conductor
  • Part E
  • 21. Lully: The King Is Dancing
  • 22. As The Ancients Sang
  • 23. The History Of The History Of Music
  • 24. By way of an epilogue:music now
  • Further Reading
  • Index of names
  • About The Author

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