The Dawn of Music Semiology: Essays in Honor of Jean-Jacques Nattiez (Eastman Studies in Music)

Synopsis

The Dawn Of Music Semiology Showcases The Work Of Ten Leading Musicologists Inspired By The Work Of Jean-jacques Nattiez. Reflecting The Energy And Diversity Of The Young Field Of Music Semiology, Chapters In This Volume Discuss Music And Gesture, The Psychology Of Music, And The Role Of Ethnotheory, And Offer New Research On Topics As Diverse As Modeling Folk Polyphony, Spatialization In The Darmstadt Repertoire, Schenker's Theory Of Musical Content, And Modernism From Wagner To Boulez. Music And Gesture / Jean Molino -- Music Semiology In The Mind Of The Musician / Jonathan Dunsby -- Against Ethnotheory / Kofi Agawu -- From Georgian To Medieval Polyphonies : Analysis And Modeling / Simha Arom -- Schenker's Inhalt, Schenkerian Semiotics : A Preliminary Study / Nicolas Meeùs -- Music Under The Sign Of Modernism : From Wagner To Boulez, And Britten / Arnold Whittall -- Musical Borrowings In The Works Of Bruno Maderna / Rossana Dalmonte -- Of Doubles, Groups, And Rhymes : A Seriation Of Works For Spatialized Orchestral Groups (1958-60) / Jonathan Goldman -- The Psychological Organization Of Music Listening : From Spontaneous To Learned Perceptive Processes / Irène Deliège. Edited By Jonathan Dunsby And Jonathan Goldman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.