Theory of Musical Semiotics

<p>Since [Tarasti's] is unquestionably the most fully developed narrative theory in the literature this book is an important landmark . . . --Music & Letters<br /><br />Eero Tarasti advances a semiotic theory of music based on information provided by the history of Western music and by various sign theories. <i>A Theory of Musical Semiotics</i> provides a model for the semiotic analysis of both musical structure and semantics. It introduces English-language readers to musical narratology which has been largely the province of European researchers.</p>