Varieties of Musical Irony
From Mozart to Mahler
Seiten
2017
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14129-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14129-2 (ISBN)
Tracing the development of irony in language and expression, the book contemplates irony's relationship with music and examines its use in the works of major Classical and Romantic composers. This interdisciplinary volume will appeal to those interested in the parallels between literature and music.
Irony, one of the most basic, pervasive, and variegated of rhetorical tropes, is as fundamental to musical thought as it is to poetry, prose, and spoken language. In this wide-ranging study of musical irony, Michael Cherlin draws upon the rich history of irony as developed by rhetoricians, philosophers, literary scholars, poets, and novelists. With occasional reflections on film music and other contemporary works, the principal focus of the book is classical music, both instrumental and vocal, ranging from Mozart to Mahler. The result is a surprising array of approaches toward the making and interpretation of irony in music. Including nearly ninety musical examples, the book is clearly structured and engagingly written. This interdisciplinary volume will appeal to those interested in the relationship between music and literature as well as to scholars of musical composition, technique, and style.
Irony, one of the most basic, pervasive, and variegated of rhetorical tropes, is as fundamental to musical thought as it is to poetry, prose, and spoken language. In this wide-ranging study of musical irony, Michael Cherlin draws upon the rich history of irony as developed by rhetoricians, philosophers, literary scholars, poets, and novelists. With occasional reflections on film music and other contemporary works, the principal focus of the book is classical music, both instrumental and vocal, ranging from Mozart to Mahler. The result is a surprising array of approaches toward the making and interpretation of irony in music. Including nearly ninety musical examples, the book is clearly structured and engagingly written. This interdisciplinary volume will appeal to those interested in the relationship between music and literature as well as to scholars of musical composition, technique, and style.
Michael Cherlin is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota. He has published widely on Schoenberg in particular and is the author of Schoenberg's Musical Imagination (Cambridge, 2007). He also edited Music Theory Spectrum from 2013 to 2015.
Preface; 1. Irony as a 'master trope'; 2. Varieties of musical irony; 3. Mozart's Figaro; 4. Heine and irony in the Lied tradition; 5. The Jewish face of Mahlerian irony.
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 253 mm |
| Gewicht | 740 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-107-14129-X / 110714129X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-14129-2 / 9781107141292 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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