Moving Beyond Motion

Metaphors for Changing Sound

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4953535
AutoresR Adlington (0000-0002-9727-6315, University of Nottingham, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume128
Fascículo2
Páginas297-318
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the Royal Musical Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0269-0403 • E-ISSN: 1471-6933
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1093/jrma/128.2.297
OpenAlexW1978365722
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas6

This article argues that music offers experiences of change that are at odds with our common understanding of time. Specifically, I question the widespread belief that onward motion is a condition of musical temporality. I approach this issue through metaphor theory, which tends to argue for the necessity of metaphorical experiences of time and music in terms of motion. I argue that music's changing sound evokes a variety of bodily metaphors; motion is not ever-present, but intermingles with metaphors of heat, light, weight, tension and so on. Works by Ligeti, Carter, Kurtág and Saariaho are discussed as case studies

Acoustics · Aesthetics · Art · Dynamics (music) · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Motion (physics) · Movement (music) · Musical · Sociology · Sound (geography) · Temporality · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Media, Communication, and Education · Multisensory perception and integration · Philosophy