The Language of Music - Clarendon Paperbacks - Deryck Cooke - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198161806 - November 16, 1989
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The Language of Music - Clarendon Paperbacks

Deryck Cooke

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The Language of Music - Clarendon Paperbacks

The author's thesis is that the main characteristic of music is to express and evoke emotion and that all composers whose music has a tonal basis have used the same, or closely similar, melodic phrases, harmonies, and rhythms to express and evoke the same emotions.


304 pages, music examples

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 16, 1989
ISBN13 9780198161806
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 304
Dimensions 215 × 141 × 18 mm   ·   406 g
Language English  

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