The Origins of Music

by Carl Stumpf

Book Overview

The Origins of Music was first published in German in 1911. In this text Carl Stumpf set out a path-breaking hypothesis on the earliest musical sounds in human culture. Alongside his research in such diverse fields as classical philosophy, acoustics, and mathematics, Stumpf became one of the most influential psychologists of the late 19th century. He was the founding father of Gestalt psychology, and collaborated with William James, Edmund Husserl,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199695733
• ISBN13: 9780199695737
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"