Theory, Analysis and Meaning in Music

by Anthony Pople (Editor)

Recent encounters with structuralist and poststructuralist critical theory, linguistics, and cognitive sciences have brought the theory and analysis of music into the orbit of important developments in present-day intellectual history. Without seeking to impose an explicit redefinition of either theory or analysis, this book explores the limits of both. Essays on decidability, ambiguity, metaphor, music as text, and music analysis as cognitive theory are complemented by studies of works by Debussy, Schoenberg, Birtwistle and Boulez.

244 pages, Hardcover

First published July 21, 1994

Reviews

[Vasile · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a critical theory approach to understanding music - structuralist and poststructuralist.