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Sound and Symbol, Volume 1
Music and the External World
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Victor Zuckerkandl
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Translated by:
Willard R. Trask
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English
Published/Copyright:
1956
About this book
An approach to music as an instrument of philosophical inquiry, seeking not so much a philosophy of music as a philosophy through music.
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CONTENTS
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Forewor
1 - TONE
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I. The Dynamic Quality of Tone
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II. The Pulse Theory
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III. The System of Tones
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IV. Associationism
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V. The Three Components of Sense Perception
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Prefatory Note
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VII. The Paradox of Tonal Motion
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VIII. The True Motion of Tones
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IX. The Continuity of Tonal Motion
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X. The "Third Stage
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XI. Meter and Rhythm
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XII. The Musical Concept of Time
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XIII. Tone as the Image of Time
248 - SPACE
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XIV. The "Nonspatial" Art
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XV. Is Space Audible?
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XVI. The Placeless, Flowing Space of Tones
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XVII. The Order of Auditory Space
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XVIII. Space as Place and Space as Force
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XIX. A Last Word on High and Low in Tones
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XX. Summary and Prospect
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List of Works Cited
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Index
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407
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Keywords for this book
Thought; Phenomenon; Musical tone; Consciousness; Visual space; Music theory; Measurement; Vibration; Feeling; Tonal system; Explanation; Odor; Polyphony; Melodic motion; Concept; Reality; Philosophy; Instant; Rhythm; Understanding; Metaphor; Phrase (music); Science; Chromatic scale; Time perception; Timbre; Space; Quantity; Parsifal; Dynamism (metaphysics); Pitch (music); Henri Bergson; Absolute pitch; Eranos; Illusory motion; Just intonation; Title page; Baritone; Existence; Religious symbol; Experience; Gregorian chant; Philosopher; Contralto; Musical composition; Singing; Simultaneity; Theory; Correlative; Awareness; Oboe; Celesta; Unfinished symphony; Circular motion; Funeral march; Music psychology; Musician; Naturalness (physics); Wind instrument; Diatonic scale; String instrument; Harpsichord; Bassoon; Determination; Cello; Cognition; Sense; Vowel; Hardness; Counting
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