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Language of Music (Oxford Paperbacks)
Language of Music - Oxford Paperbacks
Author: Deryck Cooke
First published in 1959, this original study argues that the main characteristic of music is that it expresses and evokes emotion, and that all composers whose music has a tonal basis have used the same, or closely similar, melodic phrases, harmonies, and rhythms to affect the listener in the same ways. He supports this view with hundreds of mus...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192840042
ISBN-10: 0192840045
Pages: 306
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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