Philosophy and the analysis of music : bridges to musical sound, form, and reference / Lawrence Ferrara.

Author/creator Ferrara, Lawrence, 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Greenwood Press, ©1991.
Descriptionxxii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesContributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 24, 0193-9041
Contributions to the study of music and dance ; no. 24. ^A466730
Contents Musical significance and method. Referential meaning in music ; Should the method define the tasks?: a theoretical framework for sound, form, and reference -- A philosophical ground. Husserl's phenomenology ; Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology ; Heidegger's philosophy of art ; Phenomenology and music -- An eclectic method for musical analysis. An eclectic method for sound, form, and reference ; Bela Bartok's Improvisation #3, opus 20: an eclectic analysis ; David Zinn's Spanish sojourn, mov't. #3: an eclectic analysis.
Abstract A musical experience is marked by the synthesis of passion and rationality, emotion and understanding, and body and mind. This book demonstrates that each method of musical analysis confines musical significance to a single level: formal methods explain musical syntax; phenomonological methods describe the sound-in-time; and hermeneutic approaches interpret referential meanings. The author devises an eclectic method that provides bridges for musical sound, form, and reference. In response to the multiplicity of levels of musical significance, his eclectic method draws upon a wide-ranging number of conventional and non-conventional approaches to musical analysis which results in a dialectic of methods. Referential meanings are concretized, clarified, and delimited by the degree to which they can be grounded in the sound-in-time and formal elements; the latter are reexamined, expanded, and enriched by referential insights. In the last two chapters, the eclectic method is tested through analyses of works by Bela Bartok and David Zinn. This book is intended for trained music listeners and performers, music analysts, musicologists, and those interested in aesthetics and the development of music and music education.
Local noteLittle-290532--305130043621S
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 335-352) and index.
LCCN 91026022
ISBN0313283451 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3845 .F47 1991 ✔ Available Place Hold