How Long to Read Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University

How Long Does it Take to Read Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 20 minutes to read Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by W J (Winton James) Baltzell

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Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University by W. J. (Winton James) Baltzell Darwin's theory that music had its origin "in the sounds made by the half-human progenitors of man during the season of courtship" seems for many reasons to be inadequate and untenable. A much more plausible explanation, it seems to me, is to be found in the theory of Theophrastus, in which the origin of music is attributed to the whole range of human emotion. When an animal utters a cry of joy or pain it expresses its emotions in more or less definite tones; and at some remote period of the earth's history all primeval mankind must have expressed its emotions in much the same manner. When this inarticulate speech developed into the use of certain sounds as symbols for emotions-emotions that otherwise would have been expressed by the natural sounds occasioned by them-then we have the beginnings of speech as distinguished from music, which is still the universal language. In other words, intellectual development begins with articulate speech, leaving music for the expression of the emotions. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

How long is Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University?

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University by W J (Winton James) Baltzell is 80 pages long, and a total of 20,000 words.

This makes it 27% the length of the average book. It also has 24% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 49 minutes to read Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University aloud.

What Reading Level is Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University?

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures Delivered at Columbia University is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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