Influences of phenomenology: James Tenney's theory
Axiomathes 6 (2) (1995)
| Abstract | This article on James Tenney, the American music theorist and composer, sets out the overall framework of his theory of music, in particular the systematic analysis conducted in his essay entitledMeta+hodos. Although these reflections cannot be included in the sphere of American musical phenomenology, they show remarkable similarities with phenomenological themes. A Gestalt approach centred on the description of sound phenomena is delineated, together with a conceptualization hinging on the phenomenal nature of music and the idea of perceivable structures and expressive valencies. A theory of musical wholes and parts — from the cohesion and segregation viewpoint — is followed by a theory of form predicated on an original and significant definition: that form is the perception of differences. Finally, the methodological development of Tenney's theory is traced and criticized, in particular the conflict between descriptive and non-descriptive moments. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,653 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesEero Tarasti (ed.) (1995). Musical Signification: Essays in the Semiotic Theory and Analysis of Music. Mouton De Gruyter.
R. A. Sharpe (2000). Music and Humanism: An Essay in the Aesthetics of Music. Oxford University Press.
S. Brown (2000). Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomena: An Introductory Phenomenological Analysis. Consciousness and Cognition 9 (4):516-537.
Byron Almén (2008). A Theory of Musical Narrative. Indiana University Press.
Ruth Herbert (2011). Everyday Music Listening: Absorption, Dissociation and Trancing. Ashgate Pub. Co..
Anthony Pople (ed.) (1994/2006). Theory, Analysis and Meaning in Music. Cambridge University Press.
James H. Donelan (2008). Poetry and the Romantic Musical Aesthetic. Cambridge University Press.
Roberto Miraglia (1995). Il Quadro Generale di Una Fenomenologia Statunitense Della Musica. Axiomathes 6 (2).
James Tenney (1964). Meta (+) Hodos. New Orleans, Inter-American Institute for Musical Research, Tulane University.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads7 ( #133,343 of 548,984 )Recent downloads (6 months)0How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
