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Joseph Goddard (1833–1910) was a philosopher and historian of the music of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In this collection of essays, first published in 1862, he argues that 'music is the most original and perfect offspring of the human mind'. He first demonstrates this by comparing music with the other fine arts in their expression of emotion, and shows music to have its roots in language, as both depend on principles of rhythm, tone and phrase. He then illustrates how these elements can express the full spectrum of human thought and morality, including truth, faith, imagination and intellect, and asserts that they stand above all other art forms in their ability to do so. Concluding with an analysis of how the laws of life, nature and the supernatural are manifested in music, this judicious work remains important in the fields of music philosophy and theory.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Theory of music & musicology

• Full title: Philosophy of Music
• Subtitle: A Series of Essays
• Author: Joseph Goddard
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174
• EAN: 9781108038621
• ISBN: 110803862X
• ID: 02057183
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 230 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. October 2011

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