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      A Semiotic Approach to Open Notations: Ambiguity as Opportunity

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      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 analy...

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      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
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      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

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      Weight146 g
      Dimensions151 × 228 × 10 mm