| Titre : |
Philosophies of Music History : A Study of General Histories of Music 1600-1960 |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Warren Dwight Allen (1885-1964), Auteur |
| Editeur : |
New York : Dover Publications |
| Année de publication : |
1962 |
| Importance : |
382 |
| Format : |
22cm |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Histoire de la musique
Philosophie de la musique
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| Index. décimale : |
780.1 Philosophie, esthétique, critique musicale, sociologie, pratiques musicales |
| Résumé : |
The original purpose of this study was to write a history of an interesting body of literature known as "general histories of music." To this end, the needs of students and teachers of the subject were to be kept primarily in mind. But as this is the first time that such a survey has been attempted, it has seemed wise to broaden the scope of the inquiry to include a study of the philosophies of music history that have tried to picture the subject as a whole. This literature bears important relationships to general trends in thought and culture, in the environment of each author and in his musical and intellectual heritage. Furthermore, concepts have been borrowed from other disciplines to make "general histories" of music possible. The processes of music history have been explained in terms of theology, mathematics, biology, mechanics, and psychology. Therefore an attempt has been made to point out the historical sources of these concepts and analogies and the fallacies involved.
Finally, this study has come to be concerned with the separation that exists between the "scientific" and the "popular" approach to the history of music. It is suggested (in Chapter 13) that both types of inquiry can co-operate to explain (without analogies) how our musical arts, preferences, and prejudices have come to be what they are. |
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Philosophies of Music History : A Study of General Histories of Music 1600-1960 [texte imprimé] / Warren Dwight Allen (1885-1964), Auteur . - New York : Dover Publications, 1962 . - 382 ; 22cm. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Histoire de la musique
Philosophie de la musique
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| Index. décimale : |
780.1 Philosophie, esthétique, critique musicale, sociologie, pratiques musicales |
| Résumé : |
The original purpose of this study was to write a history of an interesting body of literature known as "general histories of music." To this end, the needs of students and teachers of the subject were to be kept primarily in mind. But as this is the first time that such a survey has been attempted, it has seemed wise to broaden the scope of the inquiry to include a study of the philosophies of music history that have tried to picture the subject as a whole. This literature bears important relationships to general trends in thought and culture, in the environment of each author and in his musical and intellectual heritage. Furthermore, concepts have been borrowed from other disciplines to make "general histories" of music possible. The processes of music history have been explained in terms of theology, mathematics, biology, mechanics, and psychology. Therefore an attempt has been made to point out the historical sources of these concepts and analogies and the fallacies involved.
Finally, this study has come to be concerned with the separation that exists between the "scientific" and the "popular" approach to the history of music. It is suggested (in Chapter 13) that both types of inquiry can co-operate to explain (without analogies) how our musical arts, preferences, and prejudices have come to be what they are. |
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Philosophies of Music History