Varieties of musical irony : from Mozart to Mahler

Varieties of musical irony : from Mozart to Mahler / Michael Cherlin.

Irony, one of the most basic, pervasive, and variegated of rhetorical tropes, is as fundamental to musical thought as it is to poetry, prose, and spoken language. In this wide-ranging study of musical irony, Michael Cherlin draws upon the rich history of the trope as developed by rhetoricians, philo...

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Main Author: Cherlin, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, > 1756-1791 > Criticism and interpretation.
Schubert, Franz, > 1797-1828 > Criticism and interpretation.
Schumann, Robert, > 1810-1856 > Criticism and interpretation.
Heine, Heinrich, > 1797-1856 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mahler, Gustav, > 1860-1911 > Criticism and interpretation.
Irony in music.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Holy Cross Note:"First paperback edition, 2019" -- Title page verso.
Table of Contents:
  • Irony as a "master trope"
  • Varieties of musical irony
  • Mozart's Figaro
  • Heine and irony in the Lied tradition
  • The Jewish face of Mahlerian irony
  • Postludium.

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