Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 228 g
A Series of Essays
Buch, Englisch, 174 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 228 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Music
ISBN: 978-1-108-03862-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Joseph Goddard (1833-1910) was a philosopher and historian of the music of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In this collection of essays, first published in 1862, he argues that 'music is the most original and perfect offspring of the human mind'. He first demonstrates this by comparing music with the other fine arts in their expression of emotion, and shows music to have its roots in language, as both depend on principles of rhythm, tone and phrase. He then illustrates how these elements can express the full spectrum of human thought and morality, including truth, faith, imagination and intellect, and asserts that they stand above all other art forms in their ability to do so. Concluding with an analysis of how the laws of life, nature and the supernatural are manifested in music, this judicious work remains important in the fields of music philosophy and theory.
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Introductory remarks; The relationship of music to the other fine arts; The moral theory of music; The laws of life in art.
