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Paperback The Language of Music Opb44 Book

ISBN: 0192840045

ISBN13: 9780192840042

The Language of Music Opb44

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First published in 1959, this original study argues that the main characteristic of music is that it expresses and evokes emotion, and that all composers whose music has a tonal basis have used the same, or closely similar, melodic phrases, harmonies, and rhythms to affect the listener in thesame ways. He supports this view with hundreds of musical examples, ranging from plainsong to Stravinsky, and contends that music is a language in the specific...

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