A Theory of Musical Semiotics

ISBN-13:	9780253356499
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	12/22/1994
Series:	Advances in Semiotics
Edition description:	Abridged
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	520,384
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

"Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature, this book is an important landmark . . . " —Music & LettersEero 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.