| Description |
xi, 378 pages : illustration, music ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-361) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Irony -- Concept of irony: philosophical background -- Incongruities as indicators of irony -- Satire -- Structure of satire -- Structure of musical satire -- Satirizing techniques -- Parody -- Definitions of parody -- Structure of parody -- Historical background -- Techniques of parody -- Grotesque -- Definition, structure and content of the grotesque -- Satirical grotesque -- Grotesque at the beginning of the twentieth century -- Existential irony -- Compound messages. |
| Summary |
"The music of Shostakovich has been at the centre of interest of both the general public and dedicated scholars throughout the last twenty years. Most of the relevant literature, however, is of a biographical nature.". |
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"The focus of this book is musical irony. It offers new methodologies for the semiotic analysis of music, and inspects the ironical messages in Shostakovich's music independently of political and biographical bias. Its approach to music is interdisciplinary, comparing musical devices with artistic principles and literary analyses of satire, irony, parody and the grotesque. Each one of these modes is firstly inspected and defined as a separate subject, independent of music. The results of these inspections are subsequently applied to music, firstly in general and then more specifically to the music of Shostakovich. |
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The composer's cultural and historical milieux are taken into account and, where relevant, inspected and analysed separately before their application to the music."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Humor.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Subject |
Humor in music.
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Humor in music. |
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Grotesque in music.
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Grotesque in music. |
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Music -- Semiotics.
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Music -- Semiotics. |
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Componisten. |
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Humor (grappigheden) |
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Humour. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Sheinberg, Esti, 1954- Irony, satire, parody, and the grotesque in the music of Shostakovich. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, USA : Ashgate, c2000 (OCoLC)639761327 |
| ISBN |
0754602265 alkaline paper |
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9780754602262 alkaline paper |
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