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BL
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1036025
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b790395
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| Main Entry
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Maconie, Robin.
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| Title & Author
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The science of music /\ Robin Maconie.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Clarendon Press ;Auckland [N.Z.] :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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xiii, 216 pages :: illustrations, music ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0198166486
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: 6610765081
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: 9780198166481
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: 9786610765089
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| Notes
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Author is a New Zealander.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
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| Abstract
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Apart from providing an outlet for human emotions, does music have a use? Is a Mozart symphony intelligent, and is music a language? If so, what does it say and how does it say it? In this perceptive and revolutionary sequel to The Concept of Music, Robin Maconie teases out the musical science underlying subjects as diverse as Pythagoras's theorem, Plato's city state, mysteries of religion, myth, and folklore, theories of the mind, and key insights of Newton, Freud, and Einstein. Western civilization is based on a foundation of universal laws derived from acoustics and hearing. Music is not only the product of that civilizing process but also the key to understanding the hidden structures and rituals of established belief. Beneath the surface of mass entertainment lie musical notations, images, instruments, and ensemble interactions to be understood afresh as models and mind games in an ongoing programme of scientific discovery, information management, and social organization.
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That understanding is exciting in itself, has important educational and cultural implications, and is essential for future progress in musical composition.
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Music and science.
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Music-- Acoustics and physics.
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Music-- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music-- Acoustics and physics.
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Music and science.
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Musique et sciences.
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Musique-- Acoustique et physique.
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Musique-- Philosophie et esthétique.
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Music and science.
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Music and science.
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Music-- Acoustics and physics.
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Music-- Acoustics and physics.
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Music-- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music-- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Esthetica.
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Waarneming.
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| Dewey Classification
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781
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| LC Classification
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ML3800.M237 1997
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24.43bcl
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24.46bcl
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