The Language of Music

The Language of Music is a 1959 book about music by the critic and musician Deryck Cooke.

Reception

Robert M. Wallace reviewed The Language of Music in The Nation.^[1]

The Language of Music is an often cited representative of the expressionist theory of art.^[2] No systematic experimental study of Cooke's theory has emerged relating it to musical education, but one pilot study showed that for 22 non-musician students, his characterizations of musical phrases were not experienced.^[3] The philosopher Douglas Hofstadter writes that The Language of Music is, "A valuable start down what is sure to be a long hard road to understanding music and the human mind."^[4]

References

^ Wallace 1962, pp. 480–482.
^ Sharpe 1995, p. 599.
^ Spender 2004, p. 631.
^ Hofstadter 1980, p. 747.

Bibliography

Books

Hofstadter, Douglas (1980). Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-005579-7.
Sharpe, Robert (1995). "Music". In Honderich, Ted (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866132-0.
Spender, Natasha (2004). "Music, psychology of". In Gregory, Richard L. (ed.). The Oxford Companion to the Mind, Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866224-6.

Journals

Wallace, Robert M. (1962). "Second Impressions". The Nation. 194 (21). – via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)