Music and Metaphor in Nineteenth-century British Musicology
Author | : Bennett Zon |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2000 |
ISBN-10 | : STANFORD:36105110238883 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Download or read book Music and Metaphor in Nineteenth-century British Musicology written by Bennett Zon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical writing about music and music history in nineteenth-century Britain was permeated with metaphor and analogy. Music and Metaphor examines how over-arching theories of music history were affected by reference to various figurative linguistic templates adopted from other disciplines such as art, religion, politics and science.