Sound and Symbol, Volume 2

Download or read book Sound and Symbol, Volume 2 written by Victor Zuckerkandl and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-21 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Victor Zuckerkandl continues the development of his philosophy of music, for which he laid the foundation in Sound and Symbol. He regards the phenomenon of musicality as a trait common to all human beings, and analyzes at length the ways in which we perceive music, examining the processes involved in our sensitivity to tone, dynamic tone qualities, musical movement, and the structure of whole musical works.