Mahler's Sixth Symphony : A Study in Musical Semiotics Paperback / softback
by Robert (The Open University, Milton Keynes) Samuels
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis series
Paperback / softback
Description
The terms of structuralist and post-structuralist theory have been widely debated within the field of music analysis in recent years.
However, very few analyses have attempted to address the repertoire of large orchestral works of the turn of the century - works which seem most obviously to escape the categories of conventional analysis.
This study uses a semiotic theory of signification in order to investigate different types of musical communication.
Musical meaning is defined on several levels from structures immanent to the work, through questions of tradition and genre, to consideration of the symphony as a narrative alongside other contemporary non-musical texts.
Ideas from Eco, Barthes, and Derrida are deployed within the context of close analysis of the score in order to unite specifically analytical insights with cultural hermeneutics.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 40 Printed music items; 7 Tables, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/03/2004
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- ISBN:9780521602839
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, 40 Printed music items; 7 Tables, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/03/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521602839