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Metaphor and Musical Thought
Michael Spitzer
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Description for Metaphor and Musical Thought
Paperback. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, and cognition, this book offers an evaluation and an original theory of the ways our cultural values have informed the metaphors we use to address music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 colour plate, 7 halftones, 95 line drawings, 76 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 28. .
The experience of music is abstract and elusive enough that we're often forced to describe it using analogies to other forms and sensations: we say that music moves or rises like a physical form; that it contains the imagery of paintings or the grammar of language. In these and countless other ways, our discussions of music take the form of metaphor, attempting to describe music's abstractions by referencing more concrete and familiar experiences. Michael Spitzer's Metaphor and Musical Thought uses this process to create a unique and insightful history of our relationship with music. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, ... Read more
The experience of music is abstract and elusive enough that we're often forced to describe it using analogies to other forms and sensations: we say that music moves or rises like a physical form; that it contains the imagery of paintings or the grammar of language. In these and countless other ways, our discussions of music take the form of metaphor, attempting to describe music's abstractions by referencing more concrete and familiar experiences. Michael Spitzer's Metaphor and Musical Thought uses this process to create a unique and insightful history of our relationship with music. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226273136
SKU
V9780226273136
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About Michael Spitzer
Michael Spitzer is professor of music and head of school at the University of Liverpool, UK.
Reviews for Metaphor and Musical Thought
"Spitzer has written an informative and thought-provoking work, leaving us to question not only our methods of music analysis but our very choice of words in speaking and writing about music." (Notes)