The Philosophy of Music: A Series of Essays

by Joseph Goddard

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110803862X
• ISBN13: 9781108038621
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"