Title Statements
- Full title :Musical forces : motion, metaphor, and meaning in music / Steve Larson ; foreword by Robert S. Hatten.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication:Bloomington
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 369 p. : : ill. ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780253356826, 0253356822
- oclc:on1120452080
- LC Classification:ML3820
- Dewey Decimal:781.1
Table of Contents
Introduction -- A theory of musical forces. Thinking about music and thinking in music : pattern, meaning, analogy, metaphor and hierarchies ; Something in the way she moves : the metaphor of musical motion ; Melodic forces : gravity, magnetism, and inertia ; A theory of melodic expectation ; Rhythm, meter, and musical forces ; Analyses -- Evidence for musical forces. Converging evidence : an introduction to part 2 ; Evidence from experiments in visual perception and neuroscience ; Evidence from compositions and improvisations ; Evidence from music-theoretical misunderstandings ; Evidence from a listener-judgment experiment ; Evidence from comparing computer models with production-experiment results -- Conclusion. Summary and prospects.
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