Emotion and Meaning in MusicUniversity of Chicago Press, 1 jun 2008 - 315 páginas "Altogether it is a book that should be required reading for any student of music, be he composer, performer, or theorist. It clears the air of many confused notions . . . and lays the groundwork for exhaustive study of the basic problem of music theory and aesthetics, the relationship between pattern and meaning."—David Kraehenbuehl, Journal of Music Theory "This is the best study of its kind to have come to the attention of this reviewer."—Jules Wolffers, The Christian Science Monitor "It is not too much to say that his approach provides a basis for the meaningful discussion of emotion and meaning in all art."—David P. McAllester, American Anthropologist "A book which should be read by all who want deeper insights into music listening, performing, and composing."—Marcus G. Raskin, Chicago Review |
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... arouse feelings and emotions in them. The first difliculty with this evidence is that, taken at its face value, without benefit of a general theory of emotions as a basis for interpretation, it yields no precise knowledge of the ...
... arouse feelings and emotions in them. The first difliculty with this evidence is that, taken at its face value, without benefit of a general theory of emotions as a basis for interpretation, it yields no precise knowledge of the ...
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... arouse such experience. Such a hypothesis is provided by the psychological theory of emotions. For although much ... aroused, emotion may not result. If, for example, a habitual smoker wants a cigarette and, reaching into his pocket ...
... arouse such experience. Such a hypothesis is provided by the psychological theory of emotions. For although much ... aroused, emotion may not result. If, for example, a habitual smoker wants a cigarette and, reaching into his pocket ...
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... arouse highly unpleasant emotions. Yet a similar fall experienced as a parachute jump in an amusement park may, because of our belief in the presence of control and in the nature of the resolution, prove most pleasurable. The foregoing ...
... arouse highly unpleasant emotions. Yet a similar fall experienced as a parachute jump in an amusement park may, because of our belief in the presence of control and in the nature of the resolution, prove most pleasurable. The foregoing ...
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... arouse and inhibit tendencies and thereby give rise to emotions. What is meant by a tendency to respond? A “tendency” or, as MacCurdy uses the term, an “instinct” “is a pattern reaction that operates, or tends to operate, when activated ...
... arouse and inhibit tendencies and thereby give rise to emotions. What is meant by a tendency to respond? A “tendency” or, as MacCurdy uses the term, an “instinct” “is a pattern reaction that operates, or tends to operate, when activated ...
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Índice
1 | |
II Expectation and Learning | 43 |
The Law of Good Continuation | 83 |
Completion and Closure | 128 |
The Weakening of Shape | 157 |
Deviation in Performance and Tonal Organization | 197 |
Simultaneous and Successive Deviation | 233 |
VIII Note on Image Processes Connotations and Moods | 256 |
Notes | 273 |
Index | 295 |
Términos y frases comunes
accented aesthetic experience affective aesthetic affective experience ambiguous amphibrach anacrusis anapest arise arouse articulation basic beat become Beethoven behavior C. P. E. Bach changes chord chromatic chromaticism complete composer connotation consonance and dissonance context continuation create culture Curt Sachs definite delay deviation diatonic differentiation discussed embellishment emotional example expectations fact feeling field fifth figure final find first fixed folk music Gestalt give rise harmonic iamb important incomplete influence instance involves law of return listener listener’s meaning measure melodic melodic motion mental meter metric levels mind minor mode mood motion motor musical experience musical processes norms notes organization ornamentation particular passage pattern perception performer phrase pitch play probability progression psychological relationships repetition response rhythm rhythmic sense sequence shape significance sonata sound term specific stimulus situation structural gaps style system stylistic tend tendency tension texture theme theory tion tonal tones tonic triad trochaic uniformity Western music