Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music - Couverture rigide

Larson, Steve

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0253356822 ISBN 13 : 9780253356826

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence-as well as his skill as a jazz pianist-to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal music through the analogues of physical gravity, magnetism, and inertia. His theory of melodic expectation goes beyond prior theories in predicting complete melodic patterns. Larson elegantly demonstrated how rhythm and meter arise from, and are given meaning by, these same musical forces.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steve Larson (1955-2011) was the Robert M. Trotter Professor of Music at the University of Oregon and a member of its Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences. He was author of Analyzing Jazz: A Schenkerian Approach.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0253356822
• ISBN 13: 9780253356826
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible