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The musical topic : hunt, military and pastoral / Raymond Monelle.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3853 .M686 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monelle, Raymond, 1937-2010.
- Series:
- Musical meaning and interpretation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Hunting music--History and criticism.
- Hunting music.
- Military music--History and criticism.
- Military music.
- Pastoral music (Secular)--History and criticism.
- Pastoral music (Secular).
- Music--Themes, motives.
- Musical analysis.
- Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- An invaluable interdisciplinary study that addresses three traditional topics in music
- Contents:
- Topic theory. Topic and expression ; The literary source of topic theory ; Signifier and signified in music
- Huntsmen. Signifier : the hunting horn ; Signified : hunts noble and ignoble ; Musical hunts ; The topic established
- Soldiers. The military signifier : 1. The march ; The military signifier : 2. The military trumpet and its players ; The military signified ; The soldier represented
- Shepherds. The pastoral signified : the myth ; The pastoral signifier ; The pastoral in music ; New pastorals ; Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253347661
- OCLC:
- 63245381
- Publisher Number:
- 9780253347664
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