New sounds, new stories : narrativity in contemporary music / Vincent Meelberg.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Meelberg, Vincent, 1970- author.

Series:

LUP Dissertaties

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--20th century--Analysis, appreciation.

Music.

Music--21st century--Analysis, appreciation.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages) : music; digital file(s).

Other Title:

New Sounds, New Stories

Place of Publication:

Leiden University Press 2006

Amsterdam : Leiden Univ. Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When listeners talk about their listening experiences, they often refer to music as if it were a narrative. But can music actually tell a story? Can music be narrative? Traditionally, narrativity is associated with verbal and visual texts, and the mere possibility of musical narrativity is highly debated. In this study, Vincent Meelberg demonstrates that music can indeed be narrative, and that the study of musical narrativity can be very productive. Moreover, Meelberg even makes a stronger claim by contending that contemporary music, too, can be narrative. More specifically, Meelberg suggests considering contemporary musical narratives as metanarratives, i.e. narratives that tell the story of the process of narrativization.

Notes:

University, Dissertation--Leiden, 2006.

Includes summary in Dutch.

Includes bibliographic references and index, pages 225 - 246.

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