Approaches to Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation)
Contributors: Byron Almen (Editor); Edward Pearsall (Editor)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780253347923
Subjects: Theory of music & musicology; Philosophy and aesthetics; Music; Music/Songbooks; Semiotics; Instruction & Study - Theory; Musical analysis; Instruction & Study - Appreciation
Description: This book 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.