Approaches to Meaning in Music

Name: Approaches to Meaning in Music
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ISBN: 9780253347923

ISBN-10: 0253347920

ISBN-13: 9780253347923

Edition: 2006

Authors: Byron Almï¿½n, Edward Pearsall, Edward Pearsall

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Surveying the problems and issues inherent in pursuing meaning and signification in music, and trying to rectify conundrums that have plagued philosophers, artists, and theorists since the time of Pythagoras, this collection brings together essays that reflect a variety of perspectives on approaches to musical meaning.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Byron Almï¿½n is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at The University of Texas at Austin and an accomplished pianist and organist.Edward Pearsall is Assistant Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin and is known internationally as a performer, composer, and scholar.




The Divining Rod: On Imagination, Interpretation, and Analysis




Anatomy of a Gesture: From Davidovsky to Chopin and Back




Anti-Teleological Art: Articulating Meaning through Silence




The Troping of Temporality in Music




A Simple Model for Associative Musical Meaning




Uncanny Moments: Juxtaposition and the Collage Principle in Music




The Sacrificed Hero: Creative Mythopoesis in Mahler's Wunderhorn Symphonies




Contingencies of Meaning in Transcriptions and Excerpts: Popularizing Samson et Dalila



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