“If we compel the composer to write in terms of what the listener is able to hear, we flirt with the danger of freezing the evolution of musical language, whose progressive development comes about through transgressions of a given era's perceptual habits."”
Quote by Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Work
Music and Discourse: Toward a Semiology of Music
This book delves into the intersection of music and discourse, analyzing how musical elements can be understood through the lens of semiotics, the study of signs and symbols. more
Author
Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Jean-Jacques Nattiez is a French scholar known for his contributions to the fields of musicology, semiotics, and cultural studies. His research encompasses musical analysis, music semiotics, and the interdisciplinary study of music and culture. more
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