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All About Music: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment
Guerino Mazzola
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Description for All About Music: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment
Hardback. Series: Computational Music Science. Num Pages: 191 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 114 colour illustrations, 114 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PBW; UYA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.
This book explains music's comprehensive ontology, its way of existence and processing, as specified in its compact characterization: music embodies meaningful communication and mediates physically between its emotional and mental layers. The book unfolds in a basic discourse in everyday language that is accessible to everybody who wants to understand what this topic is about. Musical ontology is delayed in its fundamental dimensions: its realities, its meaningful communication, and its embodied utterance from musical creators to an interested audience. The authors' approach is applicable to every musical genre and is scientific, the book is suitable for ... Read more
This book explains music's comprehensive ontology, its way of existence and processing, as specified in its compact characterization: music embodies meaningful communication and mediates physically between its emotional and mental layers. The book unfolds in a basic discourse in everyday language that is accessible to everybody who wants to understand what this topic is about. Musical ontology is delayed in its fundamental dimensions: its realities, its meaningful communication, and its embodied utterance from musical creators to an interested audience. The authors' approach is applicable to every musical genre and is scientific, the book is suitable for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Computational Music Science
Number of Pages
191
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319473338
SKU
V9783319473338
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99-15
About Guerino Mazzola
Prof. Dr. Guerino Mazzola earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Zurich University. He wrote the groundbreaking book The Topos of Music in 2002, its formal language and models are used by leading researchers in Europe, India, Japan, and North America and have become a foundation of music software design. Prof. Mazzola has an appointment as professor in the School of ... Read more
Reviews for All About Music: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment
This is an excellent book that comprehensively deals with various aspects of music. ... Throughout the work, each chapter begins with a detailed summary that assists the reader. The pictures, figures, and tables are of excellent quality. In addition, a valuable list of references is provided for further research. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. (M. G. Prasad, Choice, Vol. ... Read more