Musical Languages

Musical Languages
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0393040798
ISBN-13 : 9780393040791
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Book Synopsis Musical Languages by : Joseph Peter Swain

Download or read book Musical Languages written by Joseph Peter Swain and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrations used in the book range from the most elemental speech sounds to the poetry of Emerson, from a single saxophone note to the grandest passages of Beethoven; they include discussions of medieval polyphony and the music of Josquin, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Debussy, Schoenberg, and American jazz, all within their historical contexts. Such scope shows how deep the analogy between music and language really is.


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