| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music |
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Musical meaning and interpretation |
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Musical meaning and interpretation.
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| Contents |
Topic theory. Topic and expression ; The literary source of topic theory ; Signifier and signified in music -- Huntsmen. Signifier : the hunting horn ; Signified : hunts noble and ignoble ; Musical hunts ; The topic established -- Soldiers. The military signifier : 1. The march ; The military signifier : 2. The military trumpet and its players ; The military signified ; The soldier represented -- Shepherds. The pastoral signified : the myth ; The pastoral signifier ; The pastoral in music ; New pastorals ; Epilogue |
| Summary |
The Musical Topic discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics -- short melodic figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning -- through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning. The Musical Topic shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social history, and the fine arts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- History and criticism.
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Hunting music -- History and criticism
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Military music -- History and criticism.
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Pastoral music (Secular) -- History and criticism
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Music -- Themes, motives
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Musical analysis.
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Hunting music.
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Military music.
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Music
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
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Music -- Themes, motives.
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Musical analysis.
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Pastoral music (Secular)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0253112362 |
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9780253112361 |
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