Theory of Musical Narrative (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) - Hardcover

Almen, Byron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 025335238X ISBN 13: 9780253352385

Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2009

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A Theory of Musical Narrative is an impressive and thought-provoking study which includes many fascinating ideas and insights as well as a comprehensive critique of previous literature. * Music Analysis * [N]atural, elegant, and convincing . . . a must for all music theory collections. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers and faculty. * Choice *

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Byron Almen proposes an original synthesis of approaches to musical narrative from literary criticism, semiotics, historiography, musicology, and music theory, resulting in a significant critical reorientation of the field. This volume includes an extensive survey of traditional approaches to musical narrative illustrated by a wide variety of musical examples that highlight the range and applicability of the theoretical apparatus. Almen provides a careful delineation of the essential elements and preconditions of musical narrative organization, an eclectic analytical model applicable to a wide range of musical styles and repertoires, a classification scheme of narrative types and subtypes reflecting conceptually distinct narrative strategies, a wide array of interpretive categories, and a sensitivity to the dependence of narrative interpretation on the cultural milieu of the work, its various audiences, and the analyst. A Theory of Musical Narrative provides both an excellent introduction to an increasingly important conceptual domain and a complex reassessment of its possibilities and characteristics.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 025335238X
• ISBN 13: 9780253352385
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264