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Author Ferguson, Donald N. (Donald Nivison), 1882-1985.

Title Music as metaphor : the elements of expression / Donald N. Ferguson
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1960]

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Description volumes : illustrations (music) ; 23 cm
Series JSTOR EBA
Contents 1. The problems of criticism and expression -- 2. The factors of beauty -- 3. Form and content in relation -- 4. Form in isolation -- 5. Content in isolation: non-aesthetic idea and emotion -- 6. The two elements of musical expression -- 7. The secondary factors of musical expression -- 8. The functioning of the elements -- 9. The functioning of the elements in the sonata form -- 10. The contribution of the elements to the problem of criticism -- 11. The past and the future of the elements -- 12. Music as metaphor
Summary Music as Metaphor was first published in 1960. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. A professor of music for many years, Mr. Ferguson here sets forth his theories on how music conveys meaning to its listeners. He identifies and discusses the elements of musical expression - tonal stress and rhythm - and correlates them with the nervous tensions and motor impulses which characterize human emotion. Through this correlation, he shows how music portrays universally understood emotional states and ideas. He relates these principles to music criticism, proposing a new system for such criticism
Notes Includes index
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Subject Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
LC no. 60011793
ISBN 9780816660377
OTHER TI JSTOR EBA