Foundations of Musical Grammar

Lawrence M. Zbikowski is Professor of Music at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1993. His research focuses on the application of research in cognitive science to the theory and analysis of music. He is the author of Conceptualizing Music: Cognitive Structure, Theory, and Analysis (2002). In 2010-11 he held a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and was also Fulbright Visiting Research Chair at McGill University.

• Table of Contents Origins: Music and Language in Human Cultures Foundations of Musical Grammar Musical Grammar and Music Theory Music and Analogy: Analogy Perceptual Symbol Systems, Embodied Knowledge, and Analogy Sonic Analogs and Systems of Reference Sonic Analogs for Dynamic Processes Analogy and Imagination Conclusion Music and Emotion: Recent Research on Emotion Recent Research on Music and Emotion Music, Emotions, and Sonic Analogs Conclusion Music and Gesture: Gesture and Language The Infrastructure of Human Communication Music and Movement Music and Gesture Conclusion Music and Dance: Music and Dance in the Ancien Régime Of Waltzes and Waltz Music Conclusion: Music, Social Dance, and Musical Grammar Music and Words: "Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh" Music, Words, and Song Conclusion Questions, Answers, Questions: Sonic Analogs for Dynamic Processes The Elements of Musical Grammar Prospects for a Cognitive Grammar of Music Works Cited Index of Names Index of Subjects

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