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Music and the origins of language : theories from the French Enlightenment / Downing A. Thomas.
Author
Thomas, Downing A.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description
xi, 195 pages ; 24 cm.
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
P116 .T47 1995
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Subject(s)
Language and languages
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Origin
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Music and language
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Language and languages
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Origin
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18th century
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France
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Intellectual life
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18th century
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Series
New perspectives in music history and criticism
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Summary note
The search for the origins of language was one of the most pressing philosophical issues of the eighteenth century. What has often escaped notice, however, is the fact that music figures prominently in this search. This study analyses instances of thinking or reasoning about music and music theory as they appear within the logical and narrative structure of contemporary texts, including writings by Rousseau, Diderot, Rameau and Condillac. These can only be properly understood as part of an interdisciplinary project, as situated within a field of larger cultural issues and concerns. The author is interested in the ways in which music functions within this discursive framework to facilitate links between language and meaning, and between conceptions of an original society and an ideal social order.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.
Contents
1. Music and language
2. Origins
3. Music theory and the genealogy of knowledge in Condillac's Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines
4. Music and original loss in Rousseau's Essai sur l'origine des langues
5. Sensible sounds: music and theories of the passions.
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ISBN
0521473071 ((hardback))
9780521473071 ((hardback))
0521028620 ((pbk.))
9780521028622 ((pbk.))
LCCN
94029938
OCLC
30892963
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