The why of music : dialogues in an unexplored region of appreciation / [by] Donald N. Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Donald N. (Donald Nivison), 1882-1985.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music appreciation.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Physical Description:

309 p. : music.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1969]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his many tears of teaching and writing about music Professor Ferguson has given much thought to the question of the why of music -- why does music affect us as it does, why are we deeply moved by some music by not by other music, what is it about music.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A GLEAM IN THE EYE

SOMETHING MORE

THE MUSICAL IMAGE

HOW THE MUSICAL IMAGE IS PORTRAYED

HOW FORM CONTRIBUTES TO THE IMAGE

SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION

SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

STYLE AND TASTE

IMAGE AND STYLE IN BACH

CLASSICISM IN HAYDN AND MOZART

ROMANTICISM IN BEETHOVEN

BEETHOVEN: THE SECOND PERIOD

BEETHOVEN: THE THIRD PERIOD

VERBAL AND MUSICAL IMAGES IN THE SONG

THE MUSICAL IMAGE IN THE LEADING-MOTIVE

TWO NEW QUESTIONERS

A COMMON MUSICAL IDIOM

WHAT MAKES GOOD MUSIC GREAT?

EPILOGUE, OR PREFACE?

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5763-7

OCLC:

233576847