Description
| Product ID: | 9781108813327 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Elements in Music since 1945 |
| Title: | A Semiotic Approach to Open Notations |
| Subtitle: | Ambiguity as Opportunity |
| Authors: | Author: Tristan McKay |
| Page Count: | 75 |
| Subjects: | Music, Music, Theory of music and musicology, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music & musicology, 20th century & contemporary classical music, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Along with twentieth-century developments in playing techniques, technologies, and concepts of musical sound, the notations employed by composers have also changed. Composers of what Umberto Eco calls ''open works'' often employ intentionally ambiguous music notations. These open notations ask the performer to play a radical and active role in co-creating the musical work. Scores that feature open notations have been part of the Western classical music landscape since the mid-twentieth century, and continue to have a vibrant community of practitioners today. In this Element, Tristan McKay considers intersections of ambiguity, authority, and identity in works with open notations. He develops a semiotic approach to open notation analysis and puts it into practice with in-depth analyses of openly notated works by Earle Brown, Will Redman, and Leah Asher. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-04-29 |
