Music and the Origins of Language - Theories From the French Enlightenment

Zusammenfassung This study analyses reflections on music and music theory as they appear within the logical and narrative structure of texts by! for example! Rousseau! Diderot! Rameau and Condillac! and considers the ways in which music facilitates links between language and meaning! between conceptions of an original society and an ideal social order. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Music and language; 2. Origins; 3. Music theory and the genealogy of knowledge in Condillac's Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines; 4. Music and original loss in Rousseau's Essai sur l'origine des langues; 5. Sensible sounds: music and theories of the passions; Conclusion; Biography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Downing A. Thomas, Professor Downing A. Thomas
• Collaboration: Jeffrey Kallberg (Editeur), Anthony Newcomb (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521028622
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02862-2
• Pages: 208
• Thème: New Perspectives in Music Hist
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Histoire de la musique