Music, Tendencies, and Inhibitions
Reflections on a Theory of Leonard Meyer
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2001
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-3890-1 (ISBN)
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-3890-1 (ISBN)
Leonard Meyer proposed that when musical tendencies or expectations are inhibited by musical ambiguity of the unexpected, those inhibitions and their subsequent resolutions are likely to be provocative or engaging. This text explores the relevance of this theory to music and other disciplines.
Leonard B. Meyer has proposed that when musical tendencies or expectations are inhibited by musical ambiguity or the unexpected, those inhibitions and their subsequent resolutions are likely to be provocative or engaging. Music, Tendencies and Inhibitions will explore the relevance of this theory to music and various other disciplines, and to psychological and natural processes. Each chapter consists of two parts: a presentation and consideration of an aspect of Meyer's theory, and a more associative or rhapsodic section of "Reflections" on this aspect. The book will focus on Meyer's aesthetic rather than his music-theoretical proclivities, and is intended for academics and students in various fields as well as educated non-academics. The music scene is fluctuating, Meyer suggests, in that new and original styles or techniques are continuously emerging or developing on a small scale; it is static in that many of these developments seem unrelated, and are not likely to be grasped or progress as a whole. It will be posited that this theory foreshadowed and reflects important ideologies of contemporary culture, including postmodernism.
Leonard B. Meyer has proposed that when musical tendencies or expectations are inhibited by musical ambiguity or the unexpected, those inhibitions and their subsequent resolutions are likely to be provocative or engaging. Music, Tendencies and Inhibitions will explore the relevance of this theory to music and various other disciplines, and to psychological and natural processes. Each chapter consists of two parts: a presentation and consideration of an aspect of Meyer's theory, and a more associative or rhapsodic section of "Reflections" on this aspect. The book will focus on Meyer's aesthetic rather than his music-theoretical proclivities, and is intended for academics and students in various fields as well as educated non-academics. The music scene is fluctuating, Meyer suggests, in that new and original styles or techniques are continuously emerging or developing on a small scale; it is static in that many of these developments seem unrelated, and are not likely to be grasped or progress as a whole. It will be posited that this theory foreshadowed and reflects important ideologies of contemporary culture, including postmodernism.
Renée Cox Lorraine is Professor of Music at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where she teaches western music history, world music, and aesthetics.
Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction Tendencies and Inhibitions Chapter 3 Chapter 1 Emotion and Meaning in Music Chapter 4 Chapter 2 Information Theory Chapter 5 Chapter 3 Implication Chapter 6 Chapter 4 Inhibition on a Cultural Level: A Fluctuating Stasis Chapter 7 Index Chapter 8 About the Author
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.10.2001 |
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Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 219 mm |
Gewicht | 386 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
ISBN-10 | 0-8108-3890-7 / 0810838907 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-3890-1 / 9780810838901 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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