Metaphor and Musical Thought

By Michael Spitzer

Book Overview

Delving into the process of experiencing music, this work creates an insightful history of our relationship to music. Spitzer offers an evaluation, a comprehensive history, and an original theory of the ways our cultural values have informed the metaphors used to address music.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226769720
• ISBN13: 9780226769721
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 1.1" x 6.6"