Mahler's Sixth Symphony
Subtitle: A Study in Musical Semiotics (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 26, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780521481663
Subjects: Composers & musicians; Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles; Symphonic Music; Instruction & Study - General; Semiotics; Symphonies,; Music/Songbooks; Music; Mahler, Gustav,; Genres & Styles - Classical; Individual Composer & Musician; Mahler, Gustav; Mahler, Gustav,--1860-1911.--Symphonies,--no. 6,--A minor; Music / General; no. 6,; A minor; Symphonies; 1860-1911; 1860-1911.; Analysis, appreciation
First sentence: Analysis of music, at least in the century or so of its modern history as an intellectual discipline, has tended to assume that musical works can and do beat meaning.