{"product_id":"the-musical-topic-hunt-military-and-pastoral-9780253347664","title":"The Musical Topic: Hunt, Military and Pastoral","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Musical Topic\u003c\/i\u003e discusses three tropes prominently featured in Western European music: the hunt, the military, and the pastoral. Raymond Monelle provides an in-depth cultural and historical study of musical topics--short melodic figures, harmonic or rhythmic formulae carrying literal or lexical meaning--through consideration of their origin, thematization, manifestation, and meaning. \u003ci\u003eThe Musical Topic\u003c\/i\u003e shows the connections of musical meaning to literature, social history, and the fine arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Monelle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.36w x 1.14d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253347664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Monelle was formerly Reader in Music at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is now an Honorary Fellow. His work on music theory and semiotics is internationally known. His books include Linguistics and Semiotics in Music and The Sense of Music. He has been a composer, pianist, and conductor, and writes music criticism for The Independent, Opera magazine, and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40507126448243,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":62.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0e33e08f-532c-42dc-abd6-a67ced32e07f.jpg?v=1665493743","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-musical-topic-hunt-military-and-pastoral-9780253347664","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}