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Mahler's Sixth Symphony: A Study in Musical Semiotics

By Robert Samuels

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
052148166X, 9780521481663, 0521602831, 9780521602839, 9780511597305
LCC
MT130.M25 S2 1995
Open Library ID
OL1115299M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8793675 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis
Pages
191\191
Topic
Art Music: Guitar
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The terms of structuralist and post-structuralist theory have been widely debated within the field of music analysis in recent years. However, very few analyses have attempted to address the repertoire of large orchestral works of the turn of the century - works which seem most obviously to escape the categories of conventional analysis. This study uses a semiotic theory of signification in order to investigate different types of musical communication. Musical meaning is defined on several levels from structures immanent to the work, through questions of tradition and genre, to consideration of the symphony as a narrative alongside other contemporary non-musical texts. Ideas from Eco, Barthes, and Derrida are deployed within the context of close analysis of the score in order to unite specifically analytical insights with cultural hermeneutics.

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