Music and Metaphor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4159936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Silvia Cordeiro Nassif Schroeder (University of Reading, corresponding author), Schroeder, S Schroeder |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/ays028 |
| OpenAlex | W2063007724 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Peter Kivy’s contour theory provides a promising explanation of the way we describe instrumental music as expressive of emotions. I argue that if, unlike Kivy, we emphasise the metaphorical character of such descriptions, the contour theory, as a strategy for unpacking such metaphors, can be defended convincingly against common objections. This approach is more satisfactory than those of Scruton and Peacocke, who make much of metaphorical experiences, but leave the underlying metaphors unexplained. Moreover, it gives the contour theory a wider scope than Kivy intended, for even very specific narrative descriptions of music in non-musical terms are perfectly legitimate as long as they are presented, and justified, as metaphors, that is, as mere comparisons, rather than as interpretative claims about the music’s actual contents
Aesthetics · Art · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Music theory · Musical · Narrative · Scope (computer science · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |