03953nam 2201021 a 450 991081441810332120240516114313.01-280-10022-297866135205310-520-95011-910.1525/9780520950115(CKB)2550000000079878(EBL)847474(OCoLC)774278962(SSID)ssj0000592021(PQKBManifestationID)11352051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000592021(PQKBWorkID)10729183(PQKB)11404048(OCoLC)785073234(MdBmJHUP)muse30849(DE-B1597)519117(DE-B1597)9780520950115(Au-PeEL)EBL847474(CaPaEBR)ebr10529559(CaONFJC)MIL352053(MiAaPQ)EBC847474(EXLCZ)99255000000007987820110516d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMozart and Enlightenment semiotics[electronic resource] /Stephen Rumph1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20121 online resource (284 p.)"An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities"--Dust jacket.0-520-26086-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.From rhetoric to semiotics -- The sense of touch in Don Giovanni -- Topics in context -- Mozart and Marxism -- A dubious credo -- Archaic endings.In this groundbreaking, historically-informed semiotic study of late eighteenth-century music, Stephen Rumph focuses on Mozart to explore musical meaning within the context of Enlightenment sign and language theory. Illuminating his discussion with French, British, German, and Italian writings on signs and language, Rumph analyzes movements from Mozart's symphonies, concertos, operas, and church music. He argues that Mozartian semiosis is best understood within the empiricist tradition of Condillac, Vico, Herder, or Adam Smith, which emphasized the constitutive role of signs within human cognition. Recognizing that the rationalist model of neoclassical rhetoric has guided much recent work on Mozart and his contemporaries, Rumph demonstrates how the dialogic tension between opposing paradigms enabled the composer to negotiate contradictions within Enlightenment thought.Music18th centuryHistory and criticismMusicSemioticsEnlightenment18th century composers.18th century europe.18th century music.18th century symphonies.beethoven.church music history.classical composers.classical music.classical musicians.classical period.composers.concertos.european music.european scholars.famous composers.famous operas.history of music.history.italian writings.literary movements and periods.music icons.music scholars.musical semiotics.musicians.musicology.neoclassical music.renaissance humanism.the enlightenment period.theater.MusicHistory and criticism.MusicSemiotics.Enlightenment.780.92LP 40411rvkRumph Stephen C1613486MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814418103321Mozart and Enlightenment semiotics4127385UNINA