The Philosophy of Music
A Series of Essays
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- Author: Joseph Goddard
- Date Published: October 2011
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108038621
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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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- Date Published: October 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108038621
- length: 174 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.23kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introductory remarks
The relationship of music to the other fine arts
The moral theory of music
The laws of life in art.
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