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Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment
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Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Downing A. Thomas


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The search for the origins of language was one of the most pressing philosophical issues of the eighteenth century. It has escaped notice, however, that music figured prominently in that search. This study analyzes reflections on music and music theory as they appear within the logical and narrative structure of texts by, for example, Rousseau, Diderot, Rameau and Condillac, and considers the ways in which music facilitates links between language and meaning, between conceptions of an original society and an ideal social order.

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With a few exceptions, including the recent formation of a musical semiotics, official discourse on music in the twentieth century has largely resisted discussion of music as it might be related to language or meaning.

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This new series explores the conceptual frameworks that shape or have shaped the ways in which we understand music and its history, and seeks to elaborate structures of explanation, interpretation, commentary, and criticism which make music intelligible and which provide a basis for argument about judgments of value.

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  • Title Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment
  • Author Downing A. Thomas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2006-11-02
  • ISBN 9780521028622 / 0521028620
  • Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.48 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.22 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects France - Intellectual life - 18th century, Language and languages - Origin
  • Dewey Decimal Code 401
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