Language of music, the
Auteur :
Cooke, Deryck
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198161806
Date de publication :
16 nov. 1989
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
413 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.