A theory of musical semiotics /

Eero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and by various sign theories. A Theory of Musical Semiotics is at the same time a study of music as a narrative art. It analyzes musical works through the theoretical frameworks of narratol...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tarasti, Eero (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©1994.
Series:Advances in semiotics.
Subjects:
Music > Semiotics.
Music theory.
Musical analysis.
Sémiotique et musique.
Théorie musicale.
Analyse musicale.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Appreciation.
Music > Semiotics
Music theory
Musical analysis
Muziek.
Semiotiek.
Verteltheorie.
Music Philosophy.
Music.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Thomas A. Sebeok
  • pt. 1. Theoretical Background. I. In Search of a Theory. II. Musical Time. III. Musical Space. IV. Musical Actors
  • pt. 2. Analyses. V. Semiosis of the Classical Style: Beethoven's "Waldstein" VI. Narrativity in Chopin. VII. Music and Literature. VIII. Music and Visual Arts: Pictures and Promenades
  • A Peircean Excursion into the Semiosis of Musorgsky. IX. The Semiotics of Symphonism: A Deconstruction of National Meanings in Sibelius's Fourth Symphony. X. Toward the Modern Scene.

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