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A new theory of music : correspondences of language, emotion, and sound

Title
A new theory of music : correspondences of language, emotion, and sound / Jonathan Christian Petty.
Author
Petty, Jonathan Christian
Publication
Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen, [2021]

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Description
xxvii, 598 pages : illustrations (black & white), music; 24 cm
Summary
Dr. Jonathan Petty looks into the nature of music and musicology, the topic of music as a language, and the theory of music as a language of the emotions.
Subject
  • Music theory
  • Musicology
  • Music and language
  • Emotions in music
  • Music > Instruction and study > Theory
  • Music > Instruction and study > Appreciation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-586) and index.
Contents
. Chapter One. But Music Can't Do That! §1.1. The Words Just Came Out Wrong -- §1.2. The Object Objection -- §1.3. The "Expression" Conundrum -- §1.4. Subpoenaing the Brain -- §1.5. Musical SPACE and Deaf Signing Language -- §1.6. In What Sense is Music a Human Language? -- Chapter Two. Beauty and the Beast. §2.1. $t Pity Poor Pleasure -- §2.2. Hedonic and Affective Tones -- 2.3. Music in Our Opioid Ears -- §2.4. Musical Pleasure and Primate Grooming -- §2.5. Where Did All That Pleasure Go? -- §2.6. Consciousness of Kind -- Chapter Three. The Group Mental System. 3.1. A Sociology of the Nervous System -- §3.2, It's All Done with Mirrors -- §3.3. An Essay in Cognitive Hydraulics -- §3.4. We Feel, Therefore I Am -- §3.5. Fear is Fear Itself -- §3.6. Sadness as Affective Axiom -- Chapter Four. Musicophiliacs, Lend Me Your Ears. §4.1. The General Sufficiency Problem -- §4.2. Roses are Red, S's are Blue -- §4.3. The Soprano in the Crypt -- §4.4. Music's Multimodal Bouillabaisse -- §4.5. The Voice of Authority --$g §4.6. Who Turned Out the Lights? -- Chapter Five. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor. §5.1. Our Musical Avatar -- §5.2. Avatars in the Lab -- §5.3. Avatars in the Concert Hall -- §5.4. Essays in Symbolic Physics -- §5.5. A Touching Melody -- §5.6. The Three Dimensions of Musical SPACE -- Chapter Six. Music's Homeostatic Grammar. §6.1. Descants with Modification -- §6.2. Performing and Transforming Avatars - §6.3. Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Tonal Functions -- §6.4. Leading Tones and Semantic Come-ons -- §6.5. Grammatical Comings and Goings -- §6.6. Affective Primitives and Lexical Tonality.
Call Number
JME 21-620
ISBN
  • 9781495508592
  • 1495508595
OCLC
1288650669
Author
Petty, Jonathan Christian, author.
Title
A new theory of music : correspondences of language, emotion, and sound / Jonathan Christian Petty.
Publisher
Lewiston, NY : Edwin Mellen, [2021]
Type of Content
text
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-586) and index.
Research Call Number
JME 21-620
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