Cursory Remarks on Music, Especially on the Source of the Pleasure which it Communicates [1/2]
[William Henry] *
Genre: | Essay, Serial |
Subjects: | Music, Feeling, Aesthetics |
Publications cited: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society |
Concludes: 'that music was originally derived from the language of passion and emotion, is rendered highly probable, by inquiring into the history of early melodies of all countries that possess a national music' (346). |
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