The meaning of music /Leo Samama ; translated by Dominy Clements.
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Looking over Franz Schubert's shoulder -- What is music? -- Where does music come from? -- Music as imitation -- Music as language -- Bach: Prelude in C major -- Music and communication -- Music as notation -- Music as a temporal art -- Music and emotion -- On depth and elevation -- Beethoven: the Fifth -- Classical music -- Hearing, listening and remembering -- On composing -- Dvořák and the Bohemian overcoat-- A memorable moment -- The conductor -- The performing artist -- Lully: the King is dancing -- As the ancients sang -- The history of the history of music -- By way of an epilogue: music now.