The Language of Music is a 1959 book about music by the critic and musician Deryck Cooke.
 Cover of the 1960 Oxford University Press edition | |
| Author | Deryck Cooke |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Music |
| Published | 1959 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 (1990 Clarendon Press edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0198161806 |
Reception
editRobert M. Wallace reviewed The Language of Music in The Nation.[1]
The Language of Music is an often cited representative of the expressionist theory of art.[2] No systematic experimental study of Cooke's theory has emerged relating it to musical education, but one pilot study showed that for 22 non-musician students, his characterizations of musical phrases were not experienced.[3] The philosopher Douglas Hofstadter writes that The Language of Music is, "A valuable start down what is sure to be a long hard road to understanding music and the human mind."[4]
References
edit- ^ Wallace 1962, pp. 480–482.
- ^ Sharpe 1995, p. 599.
- ^ Spender 2004, p. 631.
- ^ Hofstadter 1980, p. 747.
Bibliography
edit- Books
- Hofstadter, Douglas (1980). Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-005579-7.
- Sharpe, Robert (1995). "Music". In Honderich, Ted (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866132-0.
- Spender, Natasha (2004). "Music, psychology of". In Gregory, Richard L. (ed.). The Oxford Companion to the Mind, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866224-6.
- Journals
- Wallace, Robert M. (1962). "Second Impressions". The Nation. 194 (21). – via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)