Mahler's Sixth Symphony

A Study in Musical Semiotics

By:

Robert Samuels

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Music Theory & Analysis

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The terms of structuralist and post-structuralist theory have been widely debated within the field of music analysis in recent years. However, very few analyses have attempted to address the repertoire of large orchestral works of the turn of the century - works which seem most obviously to escape the categories of conventional analysis. This study uses a semiotic theory of signification in order to investigate different types of musical communication. Musical meaning is defined on several levels from structures immanent to the work, through questions of tradition and genre, to consideration of the symphony as a narrative alongside other contemporary non-musical texts. Ideas from Eco, Barthes, and Derrida are deployed within the context of close analysis of the score in order to unite specifically analytical insights with cultural hermeneutics.

Release date Australia

March 11th, 2004

Author

Robert Samuels

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

40 Printed music items; 7 Tables, unspecified; 4 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

192

Series

Cambridge Studies in Music Theory & Analysis

Dimensions

190x247x11

ISBN-13

9780521602839

Product ID

2465132

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