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The Sonic Self: Musical Subjectivity and Signification

The Sonic Self: Musical Subjectivity and Signification

Cumming, Naomi

Hardcover

Series: Advances in Semiotics

Music Theory

ISBN10: 0253337542
ISBN13: 9780253337542
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jan 22 2001
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Semioticians began by looking at literature but have gradually applied their techniques to other disciplines, including music. The late Naomi Cumming . . . based this consideration of the sources of musical expression on her experiences as a performer--with interesting, if rarely surprising, results. --Choice

Using classical violin music as her principal laboratory, the author examines how a performance incorporates distinctive features not only of the work, but of the performer as well--and how the listener goes about interpreting not only the composer's work and the performer's rendering of the work, but also of the performer's and listener's identities. A richly interdisciplinary approach to a very common, yet persistently mysterious, part of our lives.

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