The Musical Topic: Hunt, Military and Pastoral (Musical Meaning and Interpretation)

The Musical Topic Discusses Three Tropes Prominently Featured In Western European Music: The Hunt, The Military, And The Pastoral. Raymond Monelle Provides An In-depth Cultural And Historical Study Of Musical Topics - Short Melodic Figures, Harmonic Or Rhythmic Formulae Carrying Literal Or Lexical Meaning - Through Consideration Of Their Origin, Thematization, Manifestation, And Meaning. The Musical Topic Shows The Connections Of Musical Meaning To Literature, Social History, And The Fine Arts.--jacket. Topic Theory. Topic And Expression ; The Literary Source Of Topic Theory ; Signifier And Signified In Music -- Huntsmen. Signifier : The Hunting Horn ; Signified : Hunts Noble And Ignoble ; Musical Hunts ; The Topic Established -- Soldiers. The Military Signifier : 1. The March ; The Military Signifier : 2. The Military Trumpet And Its Players ; The Military Signified ; The Soldier Represented -- Shepherds. The Pastoral Signified : The Myth ; The Pastoral Signifier ; The Pastoral In Music ; New Pastorals ; Epilogue. Raymond Monelle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [291]-298) And Index.