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Critical and Historical Essays

by Edward MacDowell

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Edward MacDowell approaches musical history with a composer's interest in how sounds acquire expressive force. Drawn from lectures delivered at Columbia University and edited by W. J. Baltzell, these essays connect questions about the origins of music with the development of instruments, notation and musical forms. The opening argues that emotion, especially fear, helped give rise to music and rhythm, presenting a theory that readers can examine alongside the historical discussion.

Later pages trace the changing shapes and mechanisms of string and wind instruments, from bowed boxes and the hurdy-gurdy to violins, flutes and reed instruments. The contents extend to folk song, opera, piano music and the relationship between music and other arts.

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About 5 hours
Pages
184
Language
English
Genre
Music
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