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Essay on the origin of languages and writings related to music [electronic resource] / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated and edited by John T. Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Series:
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. English. 1990 ; Works. v. 7.
- The collected writings of Rousseau ; vol. 7
- Collected Writings of Rousseau
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English. 1998
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Origin.
- Language and languages.
- Music and language.
- Music--18th century--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Music.
- Music--France--18th century--History and criticism.
- Querelle des Bouffons.
- Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764.
- Rameau, Jean-Philippe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (657 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rousseau's major works, available for the first time in a uniform English edition, continue with a work that situates Rousseau's linguistic and musical theory within his larger philosophical system.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology of Works in Volume 7; Introduction; Note on the Text; Plan Regarding New Signs for Music; Letter to the Mercure on a New System of Musical Notation; Dissertation on Modern Music; Letter on Italian and French Opera; Letter on "Omphale" (Grimm); Remarks on the Subject of the Letter by M. Grimm on "Omphale" (Raynal); Letter to M. Grimm on the Subject of the Remarks Added to His Letter on "Omphale"; "Notice" to Rinaldo da Capua's La Zingara; Letter from a Symphonist of the Royal Academy of Music to His Comrades in the Orchestra
- Letter on French MusicObservations on Our Instinct for Music and on Its Principle (Rameau); Articles from the Encyclopedia; Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau); Continuation of the Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia (Rameau); On the Principle of Melody, or Response to the "Errors on Music"; Examination of Two Principles Advanced by M. Rameau in His Brochure Entitled: "Errors on Music in the Encyclopedia"; Essay on the Origin of Languages; Pronunciation; On Theatrical Imitation; The Levite of Ephraïm; Dictionary of Music
- Letter to Mr. Burney and Fragments of Observations on Gluck's "Alceste"Extract from a Response by the Underlaborer to His Frontman Concerning a Piece from Gluck's "Orfeo"; Appendix: "EnWn, il est en ma puissance," from Lully's Armide; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-603) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61168-127-8
- 0-585-23093-5
- OCLC:
- 843337048
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