Music in Motion: A Metaphoric Mapping of Forces in Piano Concertos by Mozart and Schumann

In this thesis, I demonstrate the dynamic way in which musical processes can be described as metaphors. Using Steve Larson’s three main metaphors (gravity, inertia, and magnetism) as a starting point, I propose additional metaphors (friction, repulsion, momentum, wave, orbit, and oscillation) to ana...

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Main Author: Roy, Adam
Other Authors: Prevost, Roxane
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33009
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-6803