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Is There a Role for Moral Choice in a Mozart Piano Concerto

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ID21390218
AuthorsPanu Heimonen (0000-0002-5330-8960, University of Helsinki, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume72
Issue12 Zeszyt specjalny
Pages175-188
Publication date2024-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRoczniki Humanistyczne (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-7707 • E-ISSN: 2544-5200
PublisherTowarzystwo Naukowe KUL (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.18290/rh247212sp.14
OpenAlexW4401829274
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

The paper introduces moral choice as a music analytical tool. This is based on an analogy between an 18th century person’s moral choice and the change from a ritornello section to a solo section and vice versa in a Mozart piano concerto. The anthropomorphic nature of this change between actors is highlighted through a self-fashioning behavior of theme-actors that represent 18th-century moral sentiments. The paper launches the idea of using the framework of changing morality as a way to analyze large-scale alteration between soloist and orchestra. Using existential semiotic theory, the idea of moral dialogue between self-fashioning actors is transferred from cultural poetics to music analysis of concerto discourse. In the concerto KV 467 this results in a narrative trajectory that traverses from pride through humility to benevolence. In this process the interpretation of moral sentiment of pride changes from ancient regime pride to the idealized pride of the Enlightenment

Art · Art history · Cadenza · Concerto · Literature · MOZART · Piano · Sonata form · Diverse Music Education Insights · Ethics in Business and Education · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

  • Musical Metaphors and Epistemes

    Open Access•Eero Tarasti•Roczniki Humanistyczne•2024

  • Renaissance self-fashioning

    Stephen Greenblatt•Renaissance self-fashioning•2005

  • The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

    Ernst Cassirer•Philosophy of the Enlightenment•2009

Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2024 - 2024 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo

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