What is modal music? Why did the ancients consider music the key ofsciences,
related to metaphysics? Are there many 'musics', as thereare many languages? Is
there a relation between Indian music, jazz,cante jondo, Gregorian chant? How
should we understand Africanmusic? What are the relations between music and
religion? Andbetween music and magic, or therapy? This collection of
texts,covering a wide range of subjects, concerns the amateur music loveras well
as the professional musician. The renowned musicologistAlain Danielous explains
here clearly and simply the profoundconcepts relating music to its essential
roots.