Author: Joseph MainzerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A treatise on musical grammar
Author: Joseph MainzerText-Book of English Grammar; a treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language; including exercises, an etymological vocabulary of grammatical terms; and a list of the principal works on English Grammar
Author: John HUNTER (Principal of Uxbridge School.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
A Musical Grammar, and Dictionary; Or, a General Introduction to the Whole Art of Music ... Seventh Edition, Etc
Author: William Tans'urThe Educational calendar and scholastic year book [ed. by F. Marcus].
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Author: A Treatise on Languages, Their Origin, Structure, and Connection; and on the Best Method of Learning and Teaching Them
Author: Alfred JenourCatalogue of Jos. W. Drexel's Musical Library
Author: Joseph William DrexelPublisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A Treatise on Languages
Author: Alfred JenourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A Treatise on Land Surveying in Theory and Practice ...
Author: John A. SmithFoundations of Musical Grammar
Author: Lawrence Michael ZbikowskiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190653639
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
How is it that humans are able to organize seemingly random sounds into the captivating sonic structures we call music? In this volume, Lawrence M. Zbikowski argues that humans' unique ability to correlate sounds with dynamic processes provides the basis for the construction of meaningful musical utterances - that is, a foundation for musical grammar. Building on a framework for grammar developed by cognitive linguists over the past three decades and the pathbreaking research set out in his earlier book, Conceptualizing Music (OUP 2002), Zbikowski explains how the ability to draw analogies between widely differing domains allowing humans to connect sequences of musical sounds with emotion processes, physical gestures, and the steps of dance. He shows how these connections underpin an evocative movement from a cantata by J.S. Bach, guide our understanding of gestural choreographies by Fred Astaire and Charlie Chaplin, and frame connections between movement and music in French courtly dance and the Viennese waltz. Through thorough surveys of research in cognitive science and careful analyses of works by composers ranging from Bach, Brahms, and Schubert to Jerome Kern, Zbikowski explores the unique resources for communication offered by music and examines how these differ from those of language. Foundations of Musical Grammar is sure to be an instant - and enticingly controversial - classic within the evolving literature addressing the many complex intersections of music and language. -- from dust jacket.
Doing Our Own Thing
Author: John McWhorterPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593330544
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
“McWhorter is a gifted young linguist who seeks to understand the change in our verbal habits rather than just bemoan it, and his analysis is insightful, richly documented and, yes, eloquently written.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate and The Language Instinct In Doing Our Own Thing, critically acclaimed linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter traces the precipitous decline of language in contemporary America, arguing persuasively that casual everyday speech has conquered the formal in all arenas, from oratory to poetry to everyday journalism—and has even had dire consequences for our musical culture. McWhorter argues that the swift and startling change in written and oral communication emanated from the countercultural revolution of the 1960s and its ideology that established forms and formality were autocratic and artificial. While acknowledging that the evolution of language is, in and of itself, inevitable and often benign, he warns that the near-total loss of formal expression in America is unprecedented in modern history and has reached a crisis point in our culture such that our very ability to convey ideas and arguments effectively is gravely threatened. By turns compelling and harrowing, passionate and judicious, Doing Our Own Thing is required reading for all concerned about the state of our language—and the future of intellectual life in America.