Music: A View from Delft. Selected Essays [Paperback]

Edward T. Cone (Author), Robert P. Morgan (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226114708 | ISBN-13: 978-0226114705 | Publication Date: April 24, 1989 | Edition: 1

Included in these eighteen essays by Cone are his never-before-published essay, "The World of Opera and Its Inhabitants," the unabridged version of "Music: A View from Delft," an introduction to this collection by the author himself, and a complete bibliography of his published writings.

"This selection of [Cone's] writings includes all the most incandescent and influential articles. We should have had such a book long ago."—Joseph Kerman, University of California at Berkeley

Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for 1990

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Cone's comprehensive perspective on musical matters derives from his experience not only as writer and theorist, but also as composer and performer, and from his wide-ranging interest in and knowledge of other arts. These 18 influential essays--the earliest dating from 1954, the latest only now published--ably represent Cone's abiding interests. Grouped into three areas, the essays discuss methodologies of analysis and criticism, music aesthetics, the relationship between music and words, the compositional practice of 19th- and 20th-century masters from Beethoven to Webern, and the inseparability of musical form from musical expression. The value of Cone's literate, readable work lies in its synthesizing and unifying nature. Strongly recommended not only for music but also for humanities collections.
- Steven J. Squires, Univ. of North Carolina Lib., Chapel Hill
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (April 24, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226114708
• ISBN-13: 978-0226114705
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,536,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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