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Zusatztext "A path-breaking work that makes an invaluable contribution to eighteenth-century studies, proposing connections between philosophy and musical practice that are likely to capture the interest, and occupy the time, of eighteenth-century scholars for some time to come." Informationen zum Autor Stephen Rumph is Associate Professor of Music History at the University of Washington and the author of Beethoven after Napoleon: Political Romanticism in the Late Works (UC Press). Klappentext "In Mozart and Enlightenment Semiotics ! Stephen Rumph shifts the ground of interpretation for late eighteenth century European music by reinstating the semiotics and language theory of the period. In so doing! Rumph challenges and reappraises current orthodoxies. These challenges are extremely valuable! bravely offered! and intuitively right as well as convincingly argued." -Matthew Head! author of Orientalism! Masquerade and Mozart's Turkish Music "Stephen Rumph's book is! to my knowledge! the first successful attempt to ground classical music in its contemporaneous intellectual context. In this respect! Rumph's book is a great achievement. It is an imaginative tour-de-force bursting with dazzling insights! and with an apparently encyclopedic range of intellectual reference in several languages." -Michael Spitzer! author of Metaphor and Musical Thought "By keeping so many things in focus at the same time! Stephen Rumph has really written several books in one: an introduction to Enlightenment theories of the sign for scholars of music; a much-needed historical context for modern musical semiotics; a sensitive new exploration of the circulation of meanings in and through Mozart's music; and an important contribution to the ongoing integration of musicology into cultural studies. I suspect that in the course of several readings! one would come away each time with a different set of equally valuable revelations." -Elisabeth LeGuin! author of Boccherini's Body: An Essay in Carnal Musicology Zusammenfassung A study of late eighteenth-century music. It focuses on Mozart to explore musical meaning within the context of Enlightenment sign and language theory. Illuminating the discussion with French, British, German, and Italian writings on signs and language, it analyzes movements from Mozart's symphonies, concertos, operas, and church music. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Music Examples Introduction 1. From Rhetoric to Semiotics 2. The Sense of Touch in Don Giovanni 3. Topics in Context 4. Mozart and Marxism 5. A Dubious Credo 6. Archaic Endings Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index ...
