The Language of Music
Cover of the 1960 Oxford University Press edition
AuthorDeryck Cooke
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMusic
Published1959
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages304 (1990 Clarendon Press edition)
ISBN978-0198161806

The Language of Music is a 1959 book about music by the critic and musician Deryck Cooke.

Reception

Robert M. Wallace reviewed The Language of Music in The Nation.[1]

The Language of Music is an often cited representative of the expressionist theory of art.[2] No systematic experimental study of Cooke's theory has emerged relating it to musical education, but one pilot study showed that for 22 non-musician students, his characterizations of musical phrases were not experienced.[3] The philosopher Douglas Hofstadter writes that The Language of Music is, "A valuable start down what is sure to be a long hard road to understanding music and the human mind."[4]

References

  1. Wallace 1962, pp. 480–482.
  2. Sharpe 1995, p. 599.
  3. Spender 2004, p. 631.
  4. Hofstadter 1980, p. 747.

Bibliography

Books
Journals
  • Wallace, Robert M. (1962). "Second Impressions". The Nation. 194 (21).   via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)
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