Download or read book The Dawn of Music Semiology written by Jonathan Dunsby and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2017 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of music semiology showcases the work of ten leading musicologists inspired by the work of Jean-Jacques Nattiez. Reflecting the energy and diversity of the young field of music semiology, chapters in this volume discuss music and gesture, the psychology of music, and the role of ethnotheory, and offer new research on topics as diverse as modeling folk polyphony, spatialization in the Darmstadt repertoire, Schenker's theory of musical content, and modernism from Wagner to Boulez.