The Cultural Message of Musical Semiology: Some Thoughts on Music, Language, and Criticism since the Enlightenment

Subotnik, Rose Rosengard

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“…Many thinkers over the past century and more have suggested some sort of convergence between the domains of philosophy and poetry (Subotnik 1991). 27 Many trace what they see as an aestheticising of philosophy back to Nietzsche (Bloom 1987, p. 309; and Plass 2007, p. 22; see also below for more extended consideration of Bloom and Plato).…”

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The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

Subotnik

2011

Music Analysis

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The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

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Decoding Fantasy: An Analysis of Paquito D'Rivera's "Caribbean Berceuse" (2021)

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Written for and featuring the Barcelona Clarinet Players, Caribbean Berceuse (2021) is Paquito D'Rivera's (b.1948) first composition for wind band. Along with idiosyncratic expectations of fusing jazz and classical elements according to D'Rivera's oeuvre, the title implies extramusical associations in the composition. This analysis demonstrates how extramusical associations interact with thematic development by using five codes of meaning from Roland Barthes's (1915–1980) S/Z (1970), which was first applied to music by Patrick McCreless. In addition to D'Rivera's cultural references, this composition involves musicians from many different cultures and backgrounds: the Barcelona Clarinet Players of Spanish heritage, Paquito D'Rivera of Cuban heritage, and the North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction Eugene Migliaro Corporon as an American melting pot. My analysis demonstrates how D'Rivera incorporates shared experiences of a lullaby as an access point for listeners. Our experience of falling asleep creates dichotomous structures of reality and fantasy, of time and memory, and sometimes of a restless lullaby among others. Roland Barthes places the most importance on these extrinsic dichotomous structures as deeper meanings of referential associations. He names this symbolic code. Although McCreless places less importance on symbolic code as correlating to music, my analysis will demonstrate how the interaction of thematic development with extramusical associations in D'Rivera's Caribbean Berceuse help propel our dichotomous experiences as we fall into a dream-like fantasy.

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How is Extra-Musical Meaning Possible? Music as a Place and Space for "Work"

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1986

Sociological Theory

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The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

Decoding Fantasy: An Analysis of Paquito D'Rivera's "Caribbean Berceuse" (2021)

How is Extra-Musical Meaning Possible? Music as a Place and Space for "Work"

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The Cultural Message of Musical Semiology: Some Thoughts on Music, Language, and Criticism since the Enlightenment

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The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:1 Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:1 Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

Decoding Fantasy: An Analysis of Paquito D'Rivera's "Caribbean Berceuse" (2021)

How is Extra-Musical Meaning Possible? Music as a Place and Space for "Work"

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The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation

The Unwritable in Full Pursuit of the Unreadable:¹ Adorno'sPhilosophie der neuen Musikin Translation