Irony, Satire, Parody and the Grotesque in the Music of Shostakovich - A Theory of Musical Incongruities (Hardcover, New Ed)

The music of Shostakovich has been at the centre of interest of both the general public and dedicated scholars throughout the last twenty years. Most of the relevant literature, however, is of a biographical nature. The focus of this book is musical irony. It offers new methodologies for the semiotic analysis of music, and inspects the ironical messages in Shostakovich's music independently of political and biographical bias. Its approach to music is interdisciplinary, comparing musical devices with the artistic principles and literary analyses of satire, irony, parody and the grotesque. Each one of these is firstly inspected and defined as a separate subject, independent of music. The results of these inspections are subsequently applied to music, firstly music in general and then more specifically to the music of Shostakovich. The composer's cultural and historical milieux are taken into account and, where relevant, inspected and analysed separately before their application to the music.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Esti Sheinberg
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-0226-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Philosophy > General Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	0-7546-0226-5
Barcode:	9780754602262

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