Semiotic Approach to Open Notations - Ambiguity As Opportunity

This Element considers intersections of ambiguity, authority, and identity in works with open notations, where performers play a radical and active role as co-creators. Tristan McKay develops a semiotic approach to open notation analysis and demonstrates it with in-depth analyses of works by Earle Brown, Will Redman, and Leah Asher.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Ambiguity As Opportunity; 2. A Semiotic Approach To Open Notations; 3. Into The Wilderness: Semiotic Analysis In Practice; 4. Final Thoughts; Appendix: Prompts For Analysis.

Product details

• Authors: Tristan McKay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108813327
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81332-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Music since 1945
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Music, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, 20th Century, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theory of music & musicology, 20th Century & Contemporary Classical Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, open notations; ambiguity; semiotics; open work; Earle Brown