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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814437203321

Autore

Agawu V. Kofi (Victor Kofi)

Titolo

Music as discourse : semiotic adventures in romantic music / / Kofi Agawu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0199888094

0190206403

1281825999

0199708312

9786611825997

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 pages)

Collana

Oxford studies in music theory

Disciplina

781.1/7

781.17

Soggetti

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. 321-330) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; PART I: Theory; 1. Music as Language; 2. Criteria for Analysis I; 3. Criteria for Analysis II; 4. Bridges to Free Composition; 5. Paradigmatic Analysis; PART II: Analyses; 6. Liszt, Orpheus (1853-1854); 7. Brahms, Intermezzo in E Minor, op. 119, no. 2 (1893), and Symphony no. 1/ii (1872-1876); 8. Mahler, Symphony no. 9/i (1908-1909); 9. Beethoven, String Quartet, op. 130/i (1825-1826), and Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction  Part 1: Theory   1. Music as Language  2. Criteria for Analysis I  3. Criteria for Analysis II  4. Bridges to Free Composition  5. Paradigmatic Analysis  Part 2: Analyses   6. Liszt, Orpheus (1853-4)  7. Brahms, Intermezzo, op. 119 no.2 (1893), Brahms, Symphony no. 1/ii (1872-76)  8. Mahler, Symphony no. 9/i (1908-09)  9. Beethoven, String Quartet op. 130/i (1825-26), Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)  Epilogue  Bibliography