Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Music and language; 2. Origins; 3. Music theory and the genealogy of knowledge in Condillac's Essai sur l'origine des connaissances humaines; 4. Music and original loss in Rousseau's Essai sur l'origine des langues; 5. Sensible sounds: music and theories of the passions; Conclusion; Biography; Index.

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This study analyses reflections on music and considers ways in which it facilitates links between language and meaning.

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