Landscapes in Music Space, Place, and Time in the World's Great Music

by Knight, David B.

• ISBN13: 9780742541160
• ISBN10: 0742541169
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-26
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Using landscape as its unifying concept, this engaging book explores orchestral music that represents real and imagined physical and cultural spaces, natural forces, and humans and wildlife. Spanning continents and centuries, David Knight links contrasting forms of music through unifying themes of time and space; waterscapes; mythic spaces; extreme landscapes; and realms of death, survival, and remembrance. Orchestral works are rarely perceived in geographical terms, but the author, himself an accomplished geographer and musician, offers a deeply satisfying approach to interpreting and appreciating a wide range of music. Comparing classic masterworks from Europe and Russia alongside more recent compositions from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and China, this innovative study offers a fresh understanding of the links between music and the worlds around us.

Author Biography

David B. Knight is a geographer who has been on the faculties of Macalester College, DePaul University, Carleton University, and the University of Guelph

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Soundscapes, Geography, and Music	1	(28)
Time and Space	29	(22)
Waterscapes: Toward the ``Sea of Tonality''	51	(20)
Specific and Generalized Landscapes	71	(28)
Imagined and Mythic Landscapes	99	(24)
Searching for Meaning in Landscapes of Extremes	123	(24)
Landscapes of Death, Survival, and Remembrance	147	(28)
Music in Places	175	(32)
Conclusion	207	(4)
Appendix: On Soundscapes and the Geography of Music	211	(6)
References	217	(16)
Index	233	(11)
About the Author	244