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2.
Ibid.,
219.
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Classic F a i n Tales, p. 21
Kw Stone,
Literature.
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& 1Iusicd
158
anthropology (patricu~ar2.;~
t h e s t m c t w i l - ism or" Cle.!ude ~ e v i - ~ t ~ ? . u s s )
Ihsical
I&? i s "not a scholarly study of human n u s i c d i t y l i
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(ix) but an art&culate and enjoyable m a i y of a range i f issues,
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Chapter three begins 111th the no%Aon t h z t mslic must be heard 1~2th
prepared ears i n order f o r it t o %eanij, as its sbructure confirns
hat i s already present i n society and culture. Blacking goes on
t o illustrate this pzlnciple based on his experiences v i t h the music
or" E r l t t e n
1Iahler, anong other :!estern camposers. I n doso
he rdses several articulate end infonnec! criticisms of Deryck Cookers
provocative s%u&
Lmmaae of I&& (Oxford University Press, 1959).
Cookel s argument $ha,% music i s an exp3,icit iengm.ge sgstan of emotional
symbols i s shown by Dlackhg to be Fnsuff icieiitly context-sensitive,
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