{"product_id":"music-as-discourse-semiotic-adventures-in-romantic-music-paperback","title":"Music as Discourse: Semiotic Adventures in Romantic Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKofi Agawu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question of whether music has meaning has been the subject of sustained debate ever since music became a subject of academic inquiry. Is music a language? Does it communicate specific ideas and emotions? What does music mean, and how does this meaning occur? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKofi Agawu's \u003cem\u003eMusic as Discourse\u003c\/em\u003e has become a standard and definitive work in musical semiotics. Working at the nexus of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music philosophy and aesthetics, Agawu presents a synthetic and innovative approach to musical meaning which argues deftly for the thinking of music as a discourse in itself--composed not only of sequences of gestures, phrases, or progressions, but rather also of the very philosophical and linguistic props that enable the analytical formulations made about music as an object of study. The book provides extensive demonstration of the pertinence of a semiological approach to understanding the fully-freighted language of romantic music, stresses the importance of a generative approach to tonal understanding, and provides further insight into the analogy between music and language. \u003cem\u003eMusic as Discourse\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential read for all who are interested in the theory, analysis and semiotics of music of the romantic period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKofi Agawu\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Music at Princeton University and an adjunct professor at the University of Ghana, Legon. He is also author of \u003cem\u003eRepresenting African Music: Postcolonial Notes, Queries, Positions\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42109084270672,"sku":"9780190206406","price":104.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/bFRZTkU1VXhoaUh0RzcwZG5zcHk0Zz09.webp?v=1772477945","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/music-as-discourse-semiotic-adventures-in-romantic-music-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}