This comprehensive book looks at the philosophical side of music - how it is connected with emotions and morals - before giving biographies of selected composers, looking at various instruments, and ending with a critique of music in England. The four main sections are: Philosophical, Biographical, Instrumental and Music in England. A very wide variety of subjects are covered - short biographies and analyses of the works of the great composers, origin of the violin, carillons, blind singers, the organ-grinder, string bands, brass bands, Belgium Bell-founders, violins, composers; an interesting mixture of essays and philosophical conjectures. Structured discussion of music around four books: 'Philosophical', 'Biographical' (Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, et al) 'Instrumental and Music in England.
| ISBN: | 9781410203373 |
| Publication date: | 17th December 2002 |
| Author: | H R Haweis |
| Publisher: | University Press of the Pacific an imprint of Press Holdings International, Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music |
This comprehensive book looks at the philosophical side of music - how it is connected with emotions and morals - before giving biographies of selected composers, looking at various instruments, and ending with a critique of music in England. The four main sections are: Philosophical, Biographical, Instrumental and Music in England. A very wide variety of subjects are covered - short biographies and analyses of the works of the great composers, origin of the violin, carillons, blind singers, the organ-grinder, string bands, brass bands, Belgium Bell-founders, violins, composers; an interesting mixture of essays and philosophical conjectures. Structured discussion of music around four books: 'Philosophical', 'Biographical' (Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Schubert, Mozart, et al) 'Instrumental and Music in England.
Music and Morals features in the following genres: Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music
Music and Morals is available in Paperback
Music and Morals was written by H R Haweis and published by University Press of the Pacific an imprint of Press Holdings International, Inc.
Music and Morals has 480 pages