The Battle of Chronos and Orpheus: Essays in Applied Musical Semiology

by Jean-Jacques Nattiez

In this collection of previously unpublished essays Jean-Jacques Nattiez applies his theoretical foundations of musical semiotics to theorists such as L vi-Strauss, Hanslick, and Brailoiu; novelists such as Proust; and poets such as Baudelaire. The author treats problems which musicologists and music lovers alike need to address: the artistic product in music of oral tradition, the nature of musical facts, and questions of fidelity and authenticity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198166109
• ISBN13: 9780198166108
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"