A language of its own:sense and meaning in the making of Western art music

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katz Ruth 1927-
Published: University of Chicago Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xxiii, 354 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780226425962 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226425967 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226425979 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226425975 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: J605
CLC: J605
Call Number: J605/K199
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p.[335]-346) and index.
Introduction: The guiding conception of Western art music -- The making of musical building blocks -- Systematizing musical laws -- Separating "sense" from "meaning" -- Probing the limits of musical coherence -- A shift in thought and theory -- The appropriation of musical meaning.