The Language of Music

The Language of Music

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  • Author: Deryck Cooke
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press
  • ISBN: 9780198161806
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289

This important and controversial 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. The author's thesis is that the main characteristic of music is to express andevoke emotion, and 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, varying from plainsong to Stravinsky. Based on thisevidence he argues that music is a language in the quite specific sense that idioms can be identified and a list of meanings compiled. While acknowledging that a 'dictionary' of the language of music cannot easily be provided, he attempts to supply what could at least be regarded as a 'phrase book'.The enlightening analysis of two complete symphonies by Mozart and Vaughan Williams demonstrates the expressive function of musical form, the latter being an element which the author considers inseparable from musical content.


The Language of Music

The Language of Music

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  • Author: Deryck Cooke
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  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 289


The Language Electroacoustic Music

The Language Electroacoustic Music

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  • Author: Simon Emmerson
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1349184926
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 231

Since the inception of electroacoustic music in 1948, much has been written about technical developments. This book is one of the first to examine aesthetic issues central to this rapidly developing genre. It brings together composers from leading academic departments and studios in Britain, the United States, Canada and Paris with a wide range of approaches and opinions, resulting in a study which is likely to have a marked impact on current debates on the future of electroacoustic music. The book is divided into three sections. The first, Culture and Language, considers the relationship between music and the listener's perception and expectation. Materials and Lanugage looks at the types of materials available to composers and the way in which the internal structure of the sound can have implications for the overall structure of a piece. The final section, The Influence of New Technology, considers the relationship between computer systems and the music they are helping to create.


The Language and Materials of Music Third Edition

The Language and Materials of Music Third Edition

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  • Author: Kendall Durelle Briggs
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 1257996142
  • Category : Art
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 581

A treatise of Common Practice Harmony. This document covers everything from the very basics to the most advanced figured bass and analytic techniques.


The Language of Music

The Language of Music

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  • Author: Frederick Nicholls
  • Publisher:
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  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 132


Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology

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  • Author: Susan Hallam
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0199604975
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 600

'The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology' is the definitive, comprehensive, and authoritative text on this burgeoning field. With contributions from over 50 experts in the field, the range and depth of coverage is unequalled. It will be an essential resource for students and researchers in psychology.


The language of song

The language of song

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  • Author: Nicola-Jane Kemp
  • Publisher: Language Of Song
  • ISBN:
  • Category : French language
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 92

Are you struggling to sing in a foreign language? The Language of Song are graded songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected by examiners and professional singers Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language. Each song gives both a literal and poetic translation of each text, a detailed pronunciation guide and background information on the songs as well as technical and musical teaching points. The accompanying CD provides the text for each song spoken by a native speaker -- expert language consultants who specialize in coaching singers -- as well as a recording of each song accompaniment. Titles: (Caccini) Amarilli, Mia Bella, (Mozart) An Chloe, (Fauré) Aurore, (Montsalvatge) Cancion De Cuna Para Dormir A Un Negrito, (Fauré) Clair De Lune Op. 46 No. 2, (Schubert) Die Forelle, (Schumann) Die Lotosblume, (Granados) El Majo Discreto, (Rodrigo) En Jerez De La Frontera, (Chausson) Le Charme, (Fauré) Le Secret (The Secret), (Reger) Maria Wiegenlied (The Virgin's Slumber Song), (Parisotti) Se Tu M'ami (If You Love Me), (Schubert) Standchen, (Scarlatti) Toglietemi La Vita Ancor (Take Away My Life), (Torelli) Tu Lo Sai, (Bellini) Vaga Luna, Che Inargenti, and (Brahms) Vergebliches Standchen


The Mystery of Musical Creativity

The Mystery of Musical Creativity

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  • Author: Hermann Beckh
  • Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
  • ISBN: 1912230380
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 190

‘Beckh ventures into provinces that I have not had the opportunity of investigating myself…’ – Rudolf Steiner Lost for decades, the manuscript of Hermann Beckh’s final lectures on the subject of music present fundamentally new insights into its cosmic origins. Beckh characterises the qualities of musical development, examines select musical works (that represent for him the peak of human ingenuity), and throws new light on the nature and source of human creativity and inspiration. Published here for the first time, the lectures demonstrate a distinctive approach founded on the raw material of musical perception. Beckh discusses the whistling wind, the billowing wave, the song of the birds and particularly the theme of longing. Never losing the ground from under his feet, he penetrates perennial themes: from the yearning for real spontaneity and the ‘Mystery background’ uniting heaven and earth, to spiritual knowledge that can meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Out of the cosmic context, Beckh writes to the individual situation. From there, he seeks again the re-won cosmic context. He does not write as a musical specialist and then turn to universal human concerns; rather, Beckh writes from universal human concerns and reveals music as of special concern to everyone. In addition to the transcripts of fifteen lectures, this book contains a valuable introduction and editorial footnotes. It also features appendices including Beckh’s essay ‘The Mystery of the Night in Wagner and Novalis’; reminiscences of Beckh by August Pauli and Harro Rückner; Donald Francis Tovey’s ‘Wagnerian harmony and the evolution of the Tristan-chord’, and several contemporaneous reviews of Beckh’s published works.


Mandoline

Mandoline

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  • Author: Nicola-Jane Kemp
  • Publisher: Faber Edition
  • ISBN: 9780571530762
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

The ability to sing in foreign languages is a much-needed skill for singers, but few vocal training resources tackle this aspect comprehensively in one book. With this in mind, ABRSM examiners and professional singers Heidi Pegler and Nicola-Jane Kemp have written The Language of Song, a graded series of songbooks that provide classic song repertoire, carefully selected to develop the vital skills required to sing in a foreign language. An invaluable resource for all singing students and teachers, each song gives both a literal and poetic translation of each text, a detailed pronunciation guide using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) guide and background information on the songs as well as technical and musical teaching points. The accompanying CD provides the text for each song spoken by a native speaker - expert language consultants who specialize in coaching singers - as well as a recording of each song accompaniment by international pianist Iain Harrington. Not just ideal for those taking graded singing exams, these are invaluable for singers of any age exploring international song repertoire up to university and college level. Learn to sing this wonderful foreign language repertoire confidently and effectively and celebrate the Language of Song!


The Mission and Message of Music

The Mission and Message of Music

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  • Author: Michal Smoira Cohn
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443818836
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 315

This book is an English re-writing of the original Hebrew edition, published by Dvir Publishing House, in 2007, and written jointly with the late Herzl Shmueli. The book probes into the nature and quality of the beauty and meaning of music. According to the authors, these have to be found within the musical phenomena themselves and serve as the basis for the aesthetical criteria of all music. They maintain that similar to every linguistic phenomena, music is a message in sound that moves, within a certain time limit, from musician to listener. The musician on the one hand, and the listener on the other, are the two focal points between which the musical process takes place. Music is thus a covenant between the musician and the listener. One sends the musical message, the other takes it up and internalizes it; one is the initiator, the other proves the successful outcome of the artistic process. The book is intended for music connoisseurs and for all who are intersted in artistic thought, in general, and in musical thoughts in particular. Every professional concept that had to be included in the book is duly explained, so that any interested reader is able to broaden the scope of his/her outlook.