| Description |
xv, 256 pages : music ; 24cm |
| Contents |
1. Semiotic: signs and meaning -- 2. Gesture and meaning -- 3. Music as gesture -- 4. Aesthetic relevance -- 5. The iconic sign, value, and congeneric meaning -- 6. Factors supporting the signification of music: sound, rhythm, and sonorous motion -- 7. Congeneric musical meaning -- 8. The musical index sign -- 9. Logical signs in music -- 10. Extrageneric musical meaning -- 11. The levels of extrageneric meaning and artistic truth -- 12. Structure and quality of affective musical meanings -- Appendix: affect: feeling, emotion, and mood |
| Notes |
Music. Aesthetics (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [234]-249 |
| Subject |
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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| LC no. |
72142358 |
| ISBN |
0029063507 |
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