More than Meets the Ear: A Study of the Semantics of Music

by Gilbert R. Fischer

Overview

Music, as any fine art, expresses human values, not merely musical values. In More than Meets the Ear, Gilbert R. Fischer shows what the ways are, through the work of particular composers in particular pieces, and how theoretical dogmas prevent meaningful expression.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761817512
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/27/2002
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.62(h) x 1.56(d)

About the Author

Gilbert R. Fischer is a Retired Professor of Philosophy.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 General Principles:
Chapter 4 Roots and Sources. Music Games
Chapter 5 The Game of Likenesses
Chapter 6 The Sound of Music
Chapter 7 Symbolism and Semiotics in Music
Chapter 8 The Materials of Music
Chapter 9 The Rhetoric of Music
Chapter 10 Musical Hermeneutics
Chapter 11 Listening Historically
Chapter 12 Point of View in Music
Chapter 13 Principles Specific to Music:
Chapter 14 Musical Tension
Chapter 15 Other Sources of Tension
Chapter 16 Song and Dance
Chapter 17 Melody and Melodic Line: Some Consequences
Chapter 18 The Literature of the Piano:
Chapter 19 Introductory Remarks
Chapter 20 First Analysis: Mephisto Waltz
Chapter 21 Second Analysis: Two-Part Inventions in F and fm
Chapter 22 Third Analysis: Reflets dans l'eau
Chapter 23 Moods: Works by Bach, Byrd, Mozart; Chopin, Schubert and Rachmaninoff
Chapter 24 Short Romantic Compositions
Chapter 25 Short Romantic Compositions (cont.)
Chapter 26 Short Classic and Baroque Compositions
Chapter 27 Compositions of Intermediate Length
Chapter 28 Theme and Cariations
Chapter 29 Beethoven Sonatas
Chapter 30 The Sonata: Other Composers
Chapter 31 Romantic Sonatas and Fantasies
Chapter 32 Nationalism
Chapter 33 Back to Bach
Chapter 34 Fugue after Bach
Chapter 35 Debussy and Ravel
Chapter 36 More Clothes for the Emperor
Chapter 37 More Clothes for the Emperor (cont.)
Chapter 38 Later Developments
Chapter 39 Appendix
Chapter 40 Notes
Chapter 41 Index

Editorial Reviews

'More than Meets the Ear' is welcome contribution to Music Appreciation Studies collections, as well as a 'must read' for advanced students of music...

Midwest Book Review

… 'More than Meets the Ear' is welcome contribution to Music Appreciation Studies collections, as well as a 'must read' for advanced students of music...

The Midwest Book Review