From Reception to a Theory of Musical Communication
Author | : Talía Jiménez-Ramírez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:71367038 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "The traditional mode of thinking about musical communication is based on a transmission or 'tube' model, evident in recent views of music reception. ... This dissertation, in challenging such a view, proposes that a resonance model of communication is closer to what actually happens and is therefore better fitted to describing musical communication. ... This theory is put into practice in a case study of Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), involving his first encounter with Claude Debussy's music, his participation in Carlos Chávez's pioneering nueva música concerts, and his relationship with visual artist Fermín Revueltas, his younger brother"--Abstract, p. viii.