This treatise draws upon music criticism and psychoanalysis to explore such topics as Wagner's theories of music drama, his anti-Semitism and his psyche. It interprets the Wagnerian canon in the light of the androgynous symbolism that took root in Wagner's mind.
Drawing on semiology, music criticism and psychoanalysis to explore such topics as Wagner's theories of music drama, his anti-Semitism and his psyche, this text argues that the idea that Wagner conceived of himself creatively as both man and woman is central to an understanding of his life and art.
This volume contains a collection of writings by musician Pierre Boulez, who describes his own music and that of other composers, as well as the personalities and institutions with whom he has worked closely.
In this book Jean-Jacques Nattiez, well-known for his pioneering work in musical semiology, examines both music and discourse about music as products of human activity that are perceived in varying ways by various cultures. Asking such questions as "what is a musical work" and "what constitutes music", Nattiez draws from philosophy, anthropology, ...
Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a musician? Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and particularly ' Swann in Love', Proust displays a surprising sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we owe some of the most beautiful writing on music. Through a study of the texts devoted to the Sonata and ...
Between May 1949 and August 1954 the composers Pierre Boulez and John Cage exchanged a series of remarkable letters which reflect on their own music and the music and culture of the time. This correspondence, together with a further letter from 1962 and various other relevant documents, have been edited by Jean-Jacques Nattiez and appear here for ...
In this collection of previously unpublished essays Jean-Jacques Nattiez applies his theoretical foundations of musical semiotics to theorists such as Levi-Strauss, Hanslick, and Brailoiu; novelists such as Proust; and poets such as Baudelaire. The author treats problems which musicologists and music lovers alike need to address: the artistic ...
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Twilight of the Wagners: The Unveiling of a Family's Legacy
