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BL
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675287
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b504476
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| Main Entry
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Ferguson, Donald N., (Donald Nivison),1882-1985.
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| Title & Author
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The why of music : : dialogues in an unexplored region of appreciation /\ Donald N. Ferguson.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, 1969.
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1 online resource (309 pages) :: music.
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| ISBN
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0816605025
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: 0816657637
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: 081666238X
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: 9780816605026
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: 9780816657636
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: 9780816662388
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; A GLEAM IN THE EYE; "SOMETHING MORE"; THE MUSICAL IMAGE; HOW THE MUSICAL IMAGE IS PORTRAYED; HOW FORM CONTRIBUTES TO THE IMAGE; SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION; SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; STYLE AND TASTE; IMAGE AND STYLE IN BACH; CLASSICISM IN HAYDN AND MOZART; ROMANTICISM IN BEETHOVEN; BEETHOVEN: THE SECOND PERIOD; BEETHOVEN: THE THIRD PERIOD; VERBAL AND MUSICAL IMAGES IN THE SONG; THE MUSICAL IMAGE IN THE LEADING-MOTIVE; TWO NEW QUESTIONERS; A COMMON MUSICAL IDIOM; WHAT MAKES GOOD MUSIC GREAT?; EPILOGUE, OR PREFACE?; INDEX.
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| Abstract
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In his many tears of teaching and writing about music Professor Ferguson has given much thought to the question of the why of music -- why does music affect us as it does, why are we deeply moved by some music by not by other music, what is it about music.
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Music appreciation.
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Music-- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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| LC Classification
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MT6.F37 1969eb
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