Metaphor and the concept of sound in contemporary music
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Ewa Schreiber
Abstract
This chapter makes a contribution to musicological research into metaphor. Its purpose is to analyse the metaphorical concepts of sound in the ideas of three twentieth-century composers from France and Canada: Pierre Schaeffer (1910– 1995), Raymond Murray Schafer (born 1933) and Gérard Grisey (1946–1998). Analysis of the composers’ writings and opinions enables us to characterize the metaphors that influenced their creative imagination and aesthetic outlook. Their ideas focus on particular metaphors: of the sonic object (Schaeffer), the soundscape (Schafer), and the sound organism (Grisey). The conclusions drawn from a comparative analysis of the three composers’ ideas may contribute to the flourishing research into metaphor and provide new tools for research into contemporary music.
Abstract
This chapter makes a contribution to musicological research into metaphor. Its purpose is to analyse the metaphorical concepts of sound in the ideas of three twentieth-century composers from France and Canada: Pierre Schaeffer (1910– 1995), Raymond Murray Schafer (born 1933) and Gérard Grisey (1946–1998). Analysis of the composers’ writings and opinions enables us to characterize the metaphors that influenced their creative imagination and aesthetic outlook. Their ideas focus on particular metaphors: of the sonic object (Schaeffer), the soundscape (Schafer), and the sound organism (Grisey). The conclusions drawn from a comparative analysis of the three composers’ ideas may contribute to the flourishing research into metaphor and provide new tools for research into contemporary music.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Metaphors we live twice 1
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The cognitive and linguistic dimension of metaphor
- Metaphor and simile 25
- Taste synaesthesias 47
- Selling and buying, killing and wounding 61
- Time is money – everywhere? Analysing time metaphors across varieties of English 79
- Metaphors, bilingual mental lexicon and distributional models 105
- Towards a model of metaphorical understanding 123
- On the role of perceptual features in metaphor comprehension 147
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The communicative dimension of metaphor
- Adventures of a metaphor 173
- Moral disgust at its best 189
- “The Ultimate Spinner” 201
- Blending metaphors and arguments in advertising 217
- Metaphors and online learning 235
- Metaphor in sign language poetry 249
- Metaphor and the concept of sound in contemporary music 265
- Index 285
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Metaphors we live twice 1
-
The cognitive and linguistic dimension of metaphor
- Metaphor and simile 25
- Taste synaesthesias 47
- Selling and buying, killing and wounding 61
- Time is money – everywhere? Analysing time metaphors across varieties of English 79
- Metaphors, bilingual mental lexicon and distributional models 105
- Towards a model of metaphorical understanding 123
- On the role of perceptual features in metaphor comprehension 147
-
The communicative dimension of metaphor
- Adventures of a metaphor 173
- Moral disgust at its best 189
- “The Ultimate Spinner” 201
- Blending metaphors and arguments in advertising 217
- Metaphors and online learning 235
- Metaphor in sign language poetry 249
- Metaphor and the concept of sound in contemporary music 265
- Index 285
