| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
motion, metaphor, and meaning in music |
| Author: |
LarsonSteve, 1955- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Bloomington |
| Published: |
Indiana University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
c2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xvi, 369 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Musical meaning & interpretation |
| Subject: |
Music - Psychological aspects - |
| Subject: |
Music - Physiological effect - |
| Subject: |
Music - Physiological aspects - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253005496/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-364) and index |
| ISBN: |
9780253005496electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0253005493electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780253356826hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0253356822hbk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction -- A theory of musical forces. Thinking about music andthinking in music : pattern, meaning, analogy, metaphor and hierarchies ; Something in the way she moves : the metaphor of musical motion ; Melodic forces : gravity, magnetism, and inertia ; A theory of melodic expectation ; Rhythm, meter, and musical forces ; Analyses -- Evidence for musical forces. Converging evidence : an introduction to part 2 ; Evidence from experiments in visual perception and neuroscience ; Evidence from compositions and improvisations ; Evidence from music-theoretical misunderstandings ; Evidence from a listener-judgment experiment ; Evidence from comparing computer models with production-experiment results -- Conclusion. Summary and prospects |