Music and Morals - Softcover

Haweis, H R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410203379 ISBN 13: 9781410203373

Publisher: University Press of the Pacific, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

The English cleric and writer H. R. Haweis (1838–1901) considers the philosophical side of music in this 1871 publication. Divided into four sections - Philosophical, Biographical, Instrumental and Critical - the work covers a wide variety of subject areas, including great composers, brass bands, musical tastes in England, conductors and opera.

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Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410203379
• ISBN 13: 9781410203373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480