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Landscapes in music : space, place, and time in the world's great music
- Title
- Landscapes in music : space, place, and time in the world's great music / David B. Knight.
- Author
- Knight, David B.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006], ©2006.
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- Description
- xii, 244 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Using landscape as its unifying concept, this engaging book explores orchestral music that represents real and imagined spaces, natural forces, and humans and wildlife. Spanning continents and centuries, David Knight's work links contrasting forms of music through the unifying themes of time and space."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction : soundscapes, geography, and music -- 2. Time and space -- 3. Waterscapes : toward the "sea of tonality" -- 4. Specific and generalized landscapes -- 5. Imagined and mythic landscapes -- 6. Searching for meaning in landscapes of extremes -- 7. Landscapes of death, survival, and remembrance -- 8. Music in places -- 9. Conclusion -- App. On soundscapes and the geography of music.
- ISBN
- 0742541150 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0742541169 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005023037
- OCLC
- OCM61261269
- SCSB-14497792
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries