{"product_id":"musical-forces-motion-metaphor-and-meaning-in-music-hardback-9780253356826","title":"Musical Forces; Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music (Hardback) 9780253356826","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMusical Forces\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMotion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteve Larson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253356826\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w illus., 71 music exx.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.748 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusical: Forces: Motion, Metaphor, and Meaning in Music will find a ready place in academic collections supporting study in advanced theory and musical cognition. It is well written, easy to understand, and full of good examples. The introduction by itself is a fine survey of the dialogue concerning musical meaning. By giving such an introduction, Larson's theories may well be understood as a part of an ongoing discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e (Music Reference Services Quarterly) \u003cp\u003eThe potential benefits of Larson's theory of musical forces include a more explicit understanding of how we make meaning from musical experience, which in turn includes a richer understanding of the aspects of music cognition and metaphoric reasoning . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e (Music Theory Online) \u003cp\u003eIt's hard to talk about music without using the language of motion. . . Steve Larson thoughtfully integrates several seemingly disparate disciplinary threads in music theory and cognitive science in an attempt to understand why we experience music this way. His account places three musical forces—gravity, magne- tism, and inertia—at the center of the explanation. April 2013\u003c\/p\u003e (Music Perception) \u003cp\u003eOne can read between the lines that the publication of this book was a labor-of-love for Editor Robert S. Hatten, who describes it as 'a fitting memorial to his (Steve Larson's) visionary ideas, his love of music, and his passion for sharing both.'August 2013\u003c\/p\u003e (TRIANGLE MAGAZINE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Larson drew on his 20 years of research in music theory, cognitive linguistics, experimental psychology, and artificial intelligence—as well as his skill as a jazz pianist—to show how the experience of physical motion can shape one's musical experience. Clarifying the roles of analogy, metaphor, grouping, pattern, hierarchy, and emergence in the explanation of musical meaning, Larson explained how listeners hear tonal music through the analogues of physical gravity, magnetism, and inertia. His theory of melodic expectation goes beyond prior theories in predicting complete melodic patterns. Larson elegantly demonstrated how rhythm and meter arise from, and are given meaning by, these same musical forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eI. A Theory of Musical Forces\u003cbr\u003e2. Thinking about Music and Thinking in Music—Pattern, Meaning, Analogy, Metaphor, and Hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e3. Something in the Way She Moves—The Metaphor of Musical Motion\u003cbr\u003e4. Melodic Forces—Gravity, Magnetism, and Inertia\u003cbr\u003e5. A Theory of Melodic Expectation\u003cbr\u003e6. Rhythm, Meter, and Musical Forces\u003cbr\u003e7. Analyses\u003cbr\u003eII. Evidence for Musical Forces\u003cbr\u003e8. Converging Evidence—An Introduction to Part Two\u003cbr\u003e9. Evidence from Experiments in Visual-Perception and Neuroscience\u003cbr\u003e10. Evidence from Compositions and Improvisations\u003cbr\u003e11. Evidence from Music-Theoretical Misunderstandings\u003cbr\u003e12. Evidence from a Listener-Judgment Experiment\u003cbr\u003e13. Evidence from Comparing Computer Models With Production-Experiment Results\u003cbr\u003eIII. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e14. Summary and Prospects\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520534868248,"sku":"9780253356826","price":34.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/musical-forces-motion-metaphor-and-meaning-in-music-hardback-9780253356826","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}