Item 15 - Entwurf zu: Sound and Symbol (Wirklichkeit der Musik)

6 pages, typed, with edits in Zuckerkandl's hand in ink.

A summary of the contents and purpose behind Sound and Symbol, written when the first book was almost complete and the second had an overall plan and a single chapter. First book aims to rectify the perceived shortcomings of music theory and history curricula, which deal with facts but not the essence of music, which is spiritual and not based in feeling. The second half of the first book lays out a detailed plan for how theory should be taught, from the base elements to whole works. The second book addresses the way that we perceive and respond to music in three parts: music and reality, music and knowledge, music as a symbol. Music and reality principally addresses the role of time and movement within music; music and knowledge addresses how we understand music as meaningful, relating to Gestalt psychology; and music as symbol addresses the cultural and spiritual significance of music. Minor handwritten edits to phrasing.

• German

ONB, Misc100_V_08

Books:

• Zuckerkandl, Viktor. 1956. Music and the External World, translated by Willard R. Trask. Vol. 1 of Sound and Symbol. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• German Publication of Vol. 1: Zuckerkandl, Victor. 1963. Die Wirklichkeit der Musik: Der musikalische Begriff der Außenwelt. Zürich: Rhein-Verlag.
• Zuckerkandl, Victor. 1973. Man the Musician, translated by Norbert Guterman. Vol. 2 of Sound and Symbol. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• German Publication of Vol. 2: Zuckerkandl, Viktor. "Das Buch von der Musik." In Lipp, Gerhard. 2002. Das musikanthropologische Denken von Viktor Zuckerkandl. Tutzing: Hans Schneider.

Correspondence:

• See related correspondence between Zuckerkandl and Ritsema.