About the Book
This text refutes the common perception of metaphor as a marginal device in communication or an elaboration of the main idea. Here, metaphor is shown to have the power to illuminate the world in its own way and to create a new way of representing reality. The contributors to this book discuss various metaphors in which the unifying focus is music and musical activity, drawing examples from Western as well as non-Western music and societies. Essays cover such topics as: poetic and musical convergences and divergences in the works of Arnold Schoenberg; meaning in the works of Charles Ives; social commentary in Haydn's Goldoni operas; the interrelationship between medicine and music and its Arabic sources; music and shamanic power; the embodiment of music in the mind, body and spirit; and types of metaphoric transfer.
Table of Contents:
Editor's Preface, Introduction to the Series, TWO TYPES OFMETAPHORIC TRANSFER, Introduction, The Image of an Arch, An Alternate Image, Return to the Arch, Conclusion, Notes, References, UNDERSTANDING STYLE: WOLFFLIN'S PRINCIPLES OF ART APPLIED TO MUSIC, Introduction, Wolfflin's Theory, Applying the Theory to Painting, Applying the Theory to Music, Conclusion, Notes, References, CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE: THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF POETICAL AND MUSICAL STRUCTURES IN ATONAL AND EARLY TWELVE-TONE WORKS BY ARNOLD SCHOENBERG, Introduction, Two Types of Text Setting, Identity of Word: The Symbol fliegt [flying], Semantic Function of the Klangfláche, Conclusion, Notes, Acknowlegments, References, MEANING IN THE MUSIC OF CHARLES IVES, Introduction, Sensory Images, Humor, Literary Ideas, Parody, Conclusion, Notes, Acknowledgments, References, SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN THE MUSIC OF HAYDNS GOLDONI OPERAS, Introduction, Haydn's setting of Lo speziale and Le pescatrici, Haydn's setting of II mondo delia luna, Conclusion: Haydn as Musical Dramatist, Acknowledgment, References, MUSIC AS A SIGHT IN THE PRODUCTION OF MUSICS MEANING, Introduction, Music Party (1633): A Case Study, Music as Visual Metaphor, Conclusion, Notes, References, MUSIC AND SHAMANIC POWER IN THE GESAR EPIC, Introduction, The Gesar Epic of Tibet, Namt'ar, Gur Songs and Song Contests, The Gesar Epic and Shamanic Vision, Shamanic Power in the Gesar Epic, Conclusion, Glossary, Acknowledgments, References, Tibetan Texts, THE JAVANESE COURT BEDHAYA DANCE ASA TANTRICANALOGY, Introduction, The Dance Formations: Inscribing Esoteric Meaning, The Story: Inscribing Exoteric Meaning, Conclusion, Notes, Glossary, References, BELIAN AS A SYMBOL OF COSMIC REUNIFICATION, Introduction, The Petalangan World, The Relations between Petalangan Music and the Spirits, Forms and Functions of Belian, Social Structure and Origins of Belian, The Ketobung Drum as Artifact and Symbol, Musical Structures and Petalangan Social Structures, The Performance Context, Glossary, Acknowledgments, References, MUSICAL MODES AND THE MEDICAL DIMENSION: THE ARABIC SOURCES (c.900-c.l600), Introduction, Music Therapy as a Component of Universal Harmony: The Philosopher's Point of View, Medicine and Music: The Physician's Point of View, Musical Modes and Medical Treatment, Conclusion, Notes, Glossary, References, MANA LA MODE: OR REINTERPRETING THE BOOK OF NATURE FROM A MUSICAL POINT OF VIEW, Introduction, Body as a Consort of Music Instruments, Mind as the Conductor of the Instruments, Spirit as the Composer and the Musical Score, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, Notes, ANALOGY IN LEONARD B. MEYER'S THEORY OF MUSICAL MEANING, Introduction, Meyer, Meaning and the Pragmatists, Meyer's Theory of Meaning, Divergent Events, Deconstruction, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, References, ANALOGY IN MUSIC: ORIGINS, USES, LIMITATIONS, Introduction, Origins, Uses, Limitations, Conclusion, Notes, Contributors, Index
About the Author :
JAMIE C. KASSLER was a founder of the North Papers project at the University of New South Wales, the purpose of which is to produce editions and bibliographical tools relating to the unpublished and published writings of Roger North and his milieu. She is now investigating the role of music in understanding internal character. Address: School of Science and Technology Studies, University of New South Wales, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia.
