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Record Nr.

UNINA9911141914403321

Autore

Tarasti Eero

Titolo

Myth and music : a semiotic approach to the aesthetics of myth in music, especially that of Wagner, Sibelius and Stravinsky / / Eero Tarasti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague, : Mouton, 1979

ISBN

9783110808759

3110808757

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Approaches to Semiotics [AS] ; ; 51

Disciplina

781/.1

Soggetti

Music and mythology

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - Semiotics

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. [355]-362) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problematics of myth -- 3. From the aesthetics of myth to the aesthetics of music -- 4. Myth as a musical reconstruction -- 5. The mythical and musical discourses (the narrative aspect) -- 6. The mythical as seme and style in music -- PART TWO -- 7. Introduction: the mythical in Liszt and Slavonic music -- 8. Wagner's Siegfried -- 9. Sibelius's Kullervo -- 10. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Literature -- Index of referred musical works

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "Myth and Music".