The Language of Music

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The Language of Music
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Cover of the 1960 Oxford University Press edition
AuthorDeryck Cooke
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMusic
Published1959
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages304 (1990 Clarendon Press edition)
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Script error: No such module "Distinguish". The Language of Music is a 1959 book about music by the critic and musician Deryck Cooke.

Reception

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