Stumpf, Carl - The Origins of Music

The Origins of Music, by Carl Stumpf - one of the founding fathers of Gestalt psychology, was first published in German in 1911. Within the book, he discussed the origin and forms of musical activity as well as various theories on the origin of music. This is the first time that this important work is available in English.

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CONTENTS

Helga de la Motte-Haber: Carl Stumpf: Impulses Towards a Cognitive Theory of Evolution
David Trippett: Carl Stumpf: A Reluctant Revolutionary
Part One: Origin and Archetypes of Music Making
1 Recent Theories
2 Origin and Archetypes of Singing
3 Primitive Instruments and their Influence
4 Polyphony, Rhythm, Intoned Speech
5 Trends
Part Two: Songs of Primitive Peoples
Illustrations of primitive Instruments
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