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Record Nr.

UNINA9910130817103321

Autore

Meelberg Vincent <1970-, >

Titolo

New sounds, new stories : narrativity in contemporary music / / Vincent Meelberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden University Press, 2006

Amsterdam : , : Leiden Univ. Press, , c2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages) : music; digital file(s)

Collana

LUP Dissertaties

Soggetti

Music - 20th century - Analysis, appreciation

Music - 21st century - Analysis, appreciation

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes summary in Dutch.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index, pages 225 - 246.

Sommario/riassunto

When listeners talk about their listening experiences, they often refer to music as if it were a narrative. But can music actually tell a story? Can music be narrative? Traditionally, narrativity is associated with verbal and visual texts, and the mere possibility of musical narrativity is highly debated. In this study, Vincent Meelberg demonstrates that music can indeed be narrative, and that the study of musical narrativity can be very productive. Moreover, Meelberg even makes a stronger claim by contending that contemporary music, too, can be narrative. More specifically, Meelberg suggests considering contemporary musical narratives as metanarratives, i.e. narratives that tell the story of the process of narrativization.