A language of its own:sense and meaning in the making of Western art music
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University of Chicago Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chicago |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |