The Language of Modern Music

by Donald Mitchell and Donald Mitchell

Book Overview

The title, as well as a great deal of the body of this extraordinary book, makes the point that modern music has, or perhaps at bottom is, a language. To a casual reader this may seem plausible enough, but not only is it an uncommon view, it has not before been urged with such brilliance and insight...A classic in the field not only of musicology but of cultural studies."--From the Introduction, by Edward W. Said

Mitchell's argument is based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812215435
• ISBN13: 9780812215434
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"