Audible signs : essays from a musical ground / by Michael Alec Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Michael Alec, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a vivid, expressive, and innovative study of how the great composers in classical and rock music deploy subtle musical signs in ingenious ways. Whether it's a song by Brahms or by the Boss, a serenade by Mozart or a ballet by John Harbison, music radiates a diverse spectrum of meaningful signs, hidden in plain hearing. To enjoy the interplay of musical signs, it helps to recognize them in the first place. The various iconographic strategies of Audible Signs - including commentary on graphic works, books, poems, and film - yield new appreciations and critiques of composers of vastly div

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Hypothesis; Acknowledgments; A Note on Recordings; 1 An Intimate Iconography of Music; 2 The Redress of Music; 3 Earning Your Song; 4 The Rest of The Rest Is Noise; 5 Daimones; 6 Letting Go; 7 A Letter to My Daughter; Afterword; Suggestions for Further Listening, Viewing, and Reading

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613271792

9781283271790

1283271796

9781441135834

1441135839

OCLC:

741691394