The musical topic : hunt, military and pastoral / Raymond Monelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monelle, Raymond, 1937-

Series:

Musical meaning and interpretation.

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:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Musical Topic discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics -- short melodic figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning -- through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning. The Musical Topic shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social history, and the fine arts.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-298) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07549-7

9786612075490

0-253-11236-2

OCLC:

290477276