The battle of Chronos and Orpheus : essays in applied musical semiology / Jean-Jacques Nattiez ; translated by Jonathan Dunsby.
| Author/creator | Nattiez, Jean-Jacques, 1945- |
| Other author | Dunsby, Jonathan, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. |
| Description | xx, 322 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Combat de Chronos et d'Orphée. English |
| Contents | Musical semiology: beyond structuralism, after Postmodernism -- The past anterior: Lévi-Strauss and Brăiloiu -- Boulez structuralist -- Gould out of time -- Hanslick: the contradictions of immanence -- Fidelity, authenticity, and critical judgement -- Gould as precursor of postmodernism? -- Memory and forgetting: Wagner, Proust, Boulez -- The three Norns and the Little Madeleine -- Tannhäuser through Baudelaire's looking-glass: modern or postmodern? -- Boulez in the postmodern era: the time of Répons. |
| Abstract | In this collection of previously unpublished essays the author applies his theoretical foundations of musical semiology to anthropological, literary and musical subjects (as expounded by Levi-Strauss, Hanslick, and Brailoui; Baudelaire and Proust; Wagner, Gould and Boulez). He treats problems of great interest to musicologists and music lovers alike--the nature of music in traditional societies, the concept of the musically beautiful, and questions of fidelity and authenticity in performance practice. The author focuses on the status of time in the works considered. This approach allows him to take sides, in the ongoing debates which pit adherents of modernity against apologists of postmodernism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| LCCN | 2004303343 |
| ISBN | 0198166109 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3845 .N1513 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |