Varieties of Musical Irony - From Mozart to Mahler

Sophisticated and engaging, this volume explores and compares musical irony in the works of major composers, from Mozart to Mahler.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Irony as a 'master trope'; 2. Varieties of musical irony; 3. Mozart's Figaro; 4. Heine and irony in the Lied tradition; 5. The Jewish face of Mahlerian irony.

About the author

Michael Cherlin is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota. He has published widely on Schoenberg in particular and is the author of Schoenberg's Musical Imagination (Cambridge, 2007). He also edited Music Theory Spectrum from 2013 to 2015.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Cherlin, Michael (University of Minnesota) Cherlin, Cherlin Michael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781316506516
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50651-6
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Philosophy of Language, Europe, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, c 1500 onwards to present day, Theory of music & musicology, Literary theory, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Western "classical" music