Music as discourse : semiotic adventures in romantic music / Kofi Agawu.
| Author/creator | Agawu, V. Kofi |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description | vi, 336 pages : music ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford studies in music theory Oxford studies in music theory. ^A696826 |
| Contents | Music as language -- Criteria for analysis I -- Criteria for analysis II -- Bridges to free composition -- Paradigmatic analysis -- Liszt, Orpheus (1853-1854) -- Brahms, Intermezzo in E minor, op. 119, no. 2 (1893), and Symphony no. 1/ii (1872-1876) -- Mahler, Symphony no. 9/i (1908-1909) -- Beethoven, string quartet, op. 130/i (1825-1826), and Stravinsky, Symphonies of wind instruments (1920) -- Epilogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-330) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007052831 |
| ISBN | 9780195370249 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195370244 (alk. paper) |