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Approaches to Meaning in Music

Autor Byron Almén, Edward Pearsall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 oct 2006
Approaches to Meaning in Music presents a survey of the problems and issues inherent in pursuing meaning and signification in music, and attempts to rectify the conundrums that have plagued philosophers, artists, and theorists since the time of Pythagoras. This collection brings together essays that reflect a variety of diverse perspectives on approaches to musical meaning. Established music theorists and musicologists cover topics including musical aspect and temporality, collage, borrowing and association, musical symbols and creative mythopoesis, the articulation of silence, the mutual interaction of cultural and music-artistic phenomena, and the analysis of gesture.Contributors are Byron Almén, J. Peter Burkholder, Nicholas Cook, Robert S. Hatten, Patrick McCreless, Jann Pasler, and Edward Pearsall.Dr. Almen is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of several articles on narrative theory, the music of Gustav Mahler, music and psychology, early 20th century Germanic culture, and music pedagogy. He is also an accomplished pianist and organist.Dr. Pearsall is currently Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. He is known internationally as a performer, composer, and scholar and has published numerous articles on subjects ranging from prolongation in tonal and post-tonal music to theories of rhythm, interpretation and performance, and biological approaches to the study of music and the mind.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253347923
ISBN-10: 0253347920
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 10 b&w photographs, 65 music exx.
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Contents
1. The Divining Rod: On Imagination, Interpretation, and Analysis Edward Pearsall and Byron Almén
2. Anatomy of a Gesture: From Davidovsky to Chopin and Back Patrick McCreless
3. Anti-Teleological Art: Articulating Meaning through Silence Edward Pearsall
4. The Troping of Temporality in Music Robert S. Hatten
5. A Simple Model for Associative Musical Meaning J. Peter Burkholder
6. Uncanny Moments: Juxtaposition and the Collage Principle in Music Nicholas Cook
7. The Sacrificed Hero: Creative Mythopoesis in Mahler's Wunderhorn Symphonies Byron Almén
8. Contingencies of Meaning in Transcriptions and Excerpts: Popularizing Samson et Dalila Jann Pasler
Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

For readers with an interest in how individuals create meaning out of music and musical experiences, this is an excellent work that will no doubt serve to amplify their understanding and whet their appetites for further reading and research.--Mark Walker, Troy University"MUSIC EDUCATORS JRNL" (01/01/2008)

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An invaluable source of diverse perspectives on the subject of musical meaning