A Theory of Musical Narrative

Byron Almén (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2008
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-35238-5 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Proposes a synthesis of approaches to musical narrative from literary criticism, semiotics, historiography, musicology, and music theory, resulting in an reorientation of the field. This volume includes a survey of traditional approaches to musical narrative, and a delineation of the elements and preconditions of musical narrative organization.

Byron Almén proposes an original synthesis of approaches to musical narrative from literary criticism, semiotics, historiography, musicology, and music theory, resulting in a significant critical reorientation of the field. This volume includes an extensive survey of traditional approaches to musical narrative illustrated by a wide variety of musical examples that highlight the range and applicability of the theoretical apparatus. Almén provides a careful delineation of the essential elements and preconditions of musical narrative organization, an eclectic analytical model applicable to a wide range of musical styles and repertoires, a classification scheme of narrative types and subtypes reflecting conceptually distinct narrative strategies, a wide array of interpretive categories, and a sensitivity to the dependence of narrative interpretation on the cultural milieu of the work, its various audiences, and the analyst. A Theory of Musical Narrative provides both an excellent introduction to an increasingly important conceptual domain and a complex reassessment of its possibilities and characteristics.

Byron Almén is Associate Professor of Music Theory at The University of Texas at Austin. He is coeditor of Approaches to Meaning in Music and coauthor of Tonal Harmony.

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

Part 1. A Theory of Musical Narrative
1. An Introduction to Narrative Analysis: Chopin's Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3
2. Perspectives and Critiques
3. A Theory of Musical Narrative: Conceptual Considerations
4. A Theory of Musical Narrative: Analytical Considerations
5. Narrative and Topic
Part 2. Archetypal Narratives and Phases
6. Romance Narratives and Micznik's Degrees of Narrativity
7. Tragic Narratives: An Extended Analysis of Schubert, Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960, First Movement
8. Ironic Narratives: Subtypes and Phases
9. Comic Narratives and Discursive Strategies
10. Summary and Conclusion

Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Zusatzinfo	44 music exx.
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	603 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-10	0-253-35238-X / 025335238X
ISBN-13	978-0-253-35238-5 / 9780253352385
Zustand	Neuware