Author: William Bingley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-20
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1108064264
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in 1814, this two-volume compilation covers chiefly Italian, German and British musicians of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Author: Bennett Zon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 1108326269
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This engaging book explores the dynamic relationship between evolutionary science and musical culture in Victorian Britain, drawing upon a wealth of popular scientific and musical literature to contextualize evolutionary theories of the Darwinian and non-Darwinian revolutions. Bennett Zon uses musical culture to question the hegemonic role ascribed to Darwin by later thinkers, and interrogates the conceptual premise of modern debates in evolutionary musicology. Structured around the Great Chain of Being, chapters are organized by discipline in successively ascending order according to their object of study, from zoology and the study of animal music to theology and the music of God. Evolution and Victorian Musical Culture takes a non-Darwinian approach to the interpretation of Victorian scientific and musical interrelationships, debunking the idea that the arts had little influence on contemporary scientific ideas and, by probing the origins of musical interdisciplinarity, the volume shows how music helped ideas about evolution to evolve.
Author: William Bingley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-20
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1108064272
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in 1814, this two-volume compilation covers chiefly Italian, German and British musicians of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.