The musical topic [electronic resource] : hunt, military and pastoral / Raymond Monelle.
Series: Musical meaning and interpretationPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.Description: xi, 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., musicSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 781.5/9 22
- ML160 .M686 2006eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-298) and index.
Topic theory. Topic and expression ; The literary source of topic theory ; Signifier and signified in music -- Huntsmen. Signifier : the hunting horn ; Signified : hunts noble and ignoble ; Musical hunts ; The topic established -- Soldiers. The military signifier : 1. The march ; The military signifier : 2. The military trumpet and its players ; The military signified ; The soldier represented -- Shepherds. The pastoral signified : the myth ; The pastoral signifier ; The pastoral in music ; New pastorals ; Epilogue.
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