An edition of The Musical Topic (2006)
The Musical Topic
Hunt, Military And Pastoral (Musical Meaning and Interpretation)
By Raymond Monelle
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Publish Date
October 6, 2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Language
eng
Pages
304
Description:
"The Musical Topic discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics - short melodic figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning - through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning. The Musical Topic shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social history, and the fine arts."--Jacket.