The Musical Image: A Theory of Content

by Laurence Berman

A musical phrase, or, for that matter, a musical unit of any size or shape, becomes an image whenever we imagine it to be invested with a content whose origins lie outside music. Such a content, according to the theory developed here, constitutes the image's conventional significance; it accounts for whatever strikes us about the image as having a common and familiar ring. That being so, the origins in question must be coincident with the fundamental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313284342
• ISBN13: 9780313284342
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"