Music and Its Referential Systems

How can we define the referential systems by which music is determined and through which music gets its own sense and meaning? What is the relation between these systems? Such questions are of particular weight in relation to current music practices, characterized by a great many of analytical procedures and hermeneutical views.

The questions raised open a series of different thematic fields presented in this book. The authors allocate the place of music to the field of aesthetic autonomy o...