Over the past forty years, [Nattiez] has been one of the leading figures in musicology. The nine essays gathered in this volume are signed by eminent individuals whose renown in the academic world is at times comparable to that of Nattiez himself. The texts are preceded by a posthumous foreword by Pierre Boulez. The various chapters maintain a high level ... Read moreof quality that fully matches the reputation of their authors.
REVUE DE MUSICOLOGIE
An ambitious and valuable set of contributions.Agawu's 'Against Ethnotheory' offers a compelling and eloquent critique of the will to difference upon which he claims ethnotheory is founded. Jonathan Goldman's [chapter] stands out through its eloquent prose, clarity of purpose, and thorough grounding. Irène Deliège's empirical study of segmentation and perception of musical form by musicians and nonmusicians is to be applauded for bringing together traditionally separated disciplines with much potential for mutual enrichment...[As the book's title suggests,] perhaps we have turned around to behold not the sunrise itself but the vast landscape that it illuminates.
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The Dawn of Semiology was a finalist for the Opus book prize (Canada).
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[T]his book is a welcome and substantial contribution to semiological and semiology-inspired research, and a fitting veneration of its honoree's life's work (so far).
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