Music as discourse : semiotic adventures in romantic music / Kofi Agawu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agawu, V. Kofi (Victor Kofi)

Series:

Oxford studies in music theory.

Oxford studies in music theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical analysis.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduction Part 1: Theory 1. Music as Language 2. Criteria for Analysis I 3. Criteria for Analysis II 4. Bridges to Free Composition 5. Paradigmatic Analysis Part 2: Analyses 6. Liszt, Orpheus (1853-4) 7. Brahms, Intermezzo, op. 119 no.2 (1893), Brahms, Symphony no. 1/ii (1872-76) 8. Mahler, Symphony no. 9/i (1908-09) 9. Beethoven, String Quartet op. 130/i (1825-26), Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920) Epilogue Bibliography

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; PART I: Theory; 1. Music as Language; 2. Criteria for Analysis I; 3. Criteria for Analysis II; 4. Bridges to Free Composition; 5. Paradigmatic Analysis; PART II: Analyses; 6. Liszt, Orpheus (1853-1854); 7. Brahms, Intermezzo in E Minor, op. 119, no. 2 (1893), and Symphony no. 1/ii (1872-1876); 8. Mahler, Symphony no. 9/i (1908-1909); 9. Beethoven, String Quartet, op. 130/i (1825-1826), and Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920); Epilogue; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0199888094

0190206403

1281825999

0199708312

9786611825997

OCLC:

437093912