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Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation) - Hardcover

Book 5 of 21: Musical Meaning and Interpretation

Larson, Steve

 
9780253356826: Musical Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Musical Meaning and Interpretation)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0253356822 ISBN 13: 9780253356826
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Steve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence―as well as his skill as a jazz pianist―to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal music through the analogues of physical gravity, magnetism, and inertia. His theory of melodic expectation goes beyond prior theories in predicting complete melodic patterns. Larson elegantly demonstrated how rhythm and meter arise from, and are given meaning by, these same musical forces.

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About the Author

Steve Larson (1955-2011) was the Robert M. Trotter Professor of Music at the University of Oregon and a member of its Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences. He was author of Analyzing Jazz: A Schenkerian Approach.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253356822
ISBN 13 
9780253356826
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
390