Music and imagination /
The six talks were intended as a free improvisation on the general theme of the role imagination plays in the art of music. The first half of the book treats of the musical mind at work in its different capacities as listener, interpreter, or creator. The second half discusses more specifically rece...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Press,
1952.
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| Series: | Charles Eliot Norton lectures ;
1951-1952. |
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| Summary: | The six talks were intended as a free improvisation on the general theme of the role imagination plays in the art of music. The first half of the book treats of the musical mind at work in its different capacities as listener, interpreter, or creator. The second half discusses more specifically recent manifestations of the imaginative mind in the music of Europe and the Americas. The lectures were followed in each instance by short concerts.--Preface. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 116 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | "Sources": pages 124-127. |
| ISBN: | 0674589157 9780674589155 |