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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784669003321

Autore

Monelle Raymond <1937->

Titolo

The musical topic [[electronic resource] ] : hunt, military and pastoral / / Raymond Monelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07549-7

9786612075490

0-253-11236-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Musical meaning and interpretation

Disciplina

781.5/9

Soggetti

Music - History and criticism

Hunting music - History and criticism

Military music - History and criticism

Pastoral music (Secular) - History and criticism

Music - Themes, motives

Musical analysis

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.