The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered At the Royal Institution of Great Britain, in February and March 1877

Pole, William

Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr?bner & Co, London, 1891

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Octavo with blue cloth boards and black/gilt stamping; xx, 328 pages, [1] folded chart: music; index; 21 cm. "Music is formed from sounds of peculiar kinds, which, after being selected from certain elementary series caled scales, are combined and arranged into a complicated structure at the will of the composer. This definition points to three heads of inquiry, namely, the material, the primary or elementary arrangements, and the final or complex structure." --Introduction. Very good to near fine;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures Delivered At the Royal Institution of Great Britain, in February and March 1877
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tr?bner & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd ed., rev.
• Condition: Very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Music