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All About Music

The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment

  • Based on authors' undergraduate teaching
  • Presents ideas in a critical manner, highlighting problems with earlier teaching approaches
  • Includes many illustrations and exercises with solutions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Computational Music Science (CMS)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Embodiment

    1. The Need for a Gesture Theory in Music

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 131-140
    2. Frege’s Prison of Functions

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 141-147
    3. Music Without Scores

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 149-153
    4. Neuroscience and Gestures

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 155-161
    5. Mathematical Gesture Theory

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 163-171
    6. Creativity Theory

      • Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O’Brien, Nathan Torunsky
      Pages 173-176
  2. Back Matter

    Pages 177-191

About this book

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.

Reviews

“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)


“The book is highly recommended as a general introduction to these four subjects as related to music because it delivers the information in an accessible language. The authors’ approach is applicable to every musical genre, in a manner suitable for nonmusicians and nonscientists alike.” (C. Delrieux, Computing Reviews, January, 22 , 2018)


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Music, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O'Brien, Nathan Torunsky

About the authors

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: All About Music

  • Book Subtitle: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment

  • Authors: Guerino Mazzola, Maria Mannone, Yan Pang, Margaret O'Brien, Nathan Torunsky

  • Series Title: Computational Music Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47334-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47333-8Published: 01 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83714-7Published: 05 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47334-5Published: 23 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1868-0305

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-0313

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 191

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 114 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Music, Mathematics in Music, Mathematics of Computing, Artificial Intelligence

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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