Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics: Volume 14

by Stephen Rumph, Jillian Hart, Regina Scott

In this groundbreaking, historically-informed semiotic study of late eighteenth-century music, Stephen Rumph focuses on Mozart to explore musical meaning within the context of Enlightenment sign and language theory. Illuminating his discussion with French, British, German, and Italian writings on signs and language, Rumph analyzes movements from Mozart's symphonies, concertos, operas, and church music. He argues that Mozartian semiosis is best understood...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520260864
• ISBN13: 9780520260863
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"