Mahler's Sixth symphony : a study in musical semiotics
1995, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Review copy. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391230
ISBN: 052148166X
Series: Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis, 5. Physical description: xv, 175 pages, 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-172) and index. Contents: Foreword / Ian Bent -- 1. Music, theory and signification -- 2. Motive as sign: an analysis of the Andante -- 3. Coding of musical form: the Finale -- 4. Genre and presupposition in the Mahlerian scherzo -- 5. Musical narrative and the suicide of the symphony -- 6. Coda. Subjects: Mahler, Gustav 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 6, A minor; Symphonies Analysis, appreciation; Music Semiotics; Music; Symphonies.
Price: €85.00