Music and Morals (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410203373)

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.

Author: H. R. Haweis
ISBN-10: 1410203379
ISBN-13: 9781410203373
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2002
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.19d