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Music as Thought: Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven Mark Evan Bonds
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Music as Thought: Listening to the Symphony in the Age of Beethoven
Mark Evan Bonds
Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental music was now being hailed as a means to knowledge and em
208 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 28, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691168050 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 208 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 159 × 15 mm · 332 g |
| Language | English |
