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A fascinating analogy between music and language
Professor Joseph presents a new meaning between Language and Music, taking us to a wonderful journey.
Published on June 16, 2008 by John E. Potter
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Not Sure What the Point Is
I'm generally not keen on giving away surprise endings in books, but this one was pretty annoying, so--in the last chapter of this book, a book supposedly about "musical languages", the author states: "I do not conclude that music is a language". He follows up with: "A good many readers are no doubt irritated that this matter was not taken care of with an explicit...
Published on March 31, 2009 by Chuck
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Not Sure What the Point Is,
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This review is from: Musical Languages (Hardcover)
I'm generally not keen on giving away surprise endings in books, but this one was pretty annoying, so--in the last chapter of this book, a book supposedly about "musical languages", the author states: "I do not conclude that music is a language". He follows up with: "A good many readers are no doubt irritated that this matter was not taken care of with an explicit definition right in the opening chapter". Indeed. He argues that examining music in terms of linguistics nevertheless provides "a treasury of images, models, and hypotheses for thinking about music". More like a contrived scholastic exercise, crashing two incompatible systems together in order to fill up a book with "compare and contrast". In the end it didn't seem particularly meaningful, maybe "interesting" in some way but nothing to enhance one's feel for language or music.
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A fascinating analogy between music and language,
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This review is from: Musical Languages (Hardcover)
Professor Joseph presents a new meaning between Language and Music, taking us to a wonderful journey.
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Musical Languages by Joseph Peter Swain (Hardcover - August 17, 1997)
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