Emotion and meaning in music / by Leonard B. Meyer.
| Author/creator | Meyer, Leonard B. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press, [1957, ©1956] |
| Description | xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Series | Phoenix book ; P56 Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) ; P56. ^A770836 |
| Contents | I. Theory -- II. Expectation and learning -- III. Principles of pattern perception: the law of good continuation -- IV. Principles of pattern perception: completion and closure -- V. Principles of pattern perception: the weakening of shape -- VI. The evidence: deviation in performance and tonal organization -- VII. The evidence: simultaneous and successive deviation -- VIII. Note on image processes, connotations, and moods. |
| Abstract | Lays the groundwork for exhaustive study of the basic problem of music theory and aesthetics, the relationship between pattern and meaning, and provides a basis for the meaningful discussion of emotion and meaning in all art. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 56009130 |