Description
"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark . . . " -Music & Letters
Eero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and by various sign theories. A Theory of Musical Semiotics provides a model for the semiotic analysis of both musical structure and semantics. It introduces English-language readers to musical narratology, which has been largely the province of European researchers.
Eero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and by various sign theories.
About the Author
EERO TARASTI is Professor of Musicology at the University of Helsinki. One of the world's leading semioticians, he is author of Myth and Music, a biography of Heitor Villa-Lobos, and many articles published in journals of musicology and semiotics.
Reviews
"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark ..." Music & Letters
Book Information
ISBN 9780253356499
Author Eero Tarasti
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 735g