All About Music
The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment
Authors: Mazzola, G., Mannone, M., Pang Clark, Y., O'Brien, M., Torunsky, N.
- Based on authors' undergraduate teaching
- Presents ideas in a critical manner, highlighting problems with earlier teaching approaches
- Includes many illustrations and exercises with solutions
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- About this Textbook
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This book explains music’s comprehensive ontology, its way of existence and processing, as specified in its compact characterization: music embodies meaningful communication and mediates physically between its emotional and mental layers. The book unfolds in a basic discourse in everyday language that is accessible to everybody who wants to understand what this topic is about. Musical ontology is delayed in its fundamental dimensions: its realities, its meaningful communication, and its embodied utterance from musical creators to an interested audience.
The authors' approach is applicable to every musical genre and is scientific, the book is suitable for non-musicians and non-scientists alike.
- About the authors
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Prof. Dr. Guerino Mazzola earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Zurich University. He wrote the groundbreaking book The Topos of Music in 2002, its formal language and models are used by leading researchers in Europe, India, Japan, and North America and have become a foundation of music software design. Prof. Mazzola has an appointment as professor in the School of Music at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.
Maria Mannone and Yan Pang are completing their Ph.D. work in the School of Music of the University of Minnesota.
Margaret O’Brien and Nathan Torunsky are undergraduate students in the School of Music of the University of Minnesota.
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“This is an excellent book that comprehensively deals with various aspects of music. … Throughout the work, each chapter begins with a detailed summary that assists the reader. The pictures, figures, and tables are of excellent quality. In addition, a valuable list of references is provided for further research. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (M. G. Prasad, Choice, Vol. 57 (11), July, 2017)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- All About Music
- Book Subtitle
- The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment
- Authors
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- Guerino Mazzola
- Maria Mannone
- Yan Pang Clark
- Margaret O'Brien
- Nathan Torunsky
- Series Title
- Computational Music Science
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-47334-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-47334-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-47333-8
- Series ISSN
- 1868-0305
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 191
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 27 b/w illustrations, 114 illustrations in colour
- Topics
