Music and the Origins of Language
Subtitle: Theories from the French Enlightenment (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780521028622
Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Music/Songbooks; Music; General; History & Criticism - General; Language Arts & Disciplines : General; Language and languages--Origin; Music / General; Music / History & Criticism
First sentence: With a few exceptions, including the recent formation of a musical semiotics, official discourse on music in the twentieth century has largely resisted discussion of music as it might be related to language or meaning.