Open AccessMotion Expressions in Music Criticism
Author(s) -
Nina Julich-Warpakowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
arbeitstitel
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1869-9073
DOI - 10.36258/arbeitstitel.v8i1.3310
Subject(s) - melody , motion (physics) , musical , metaphor , criticism , psychology , cognitive psychology , communication , art , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , visual arts , literature , artificial intelligence
Music is commonly and conventionally described in terms of motion: melodies fall and rise, and motifs may follow a harmonic path. The thesis explores the motivation of musical motion expressions in terms of conceptual metaphors (Lakoff & Johnson 1999). Specifically, it analyses whether musical motion expressions are based on the time is motion metaphor (Johnson & Larson 2003, Cox 2016). Furthermore, the thesis investigates whether musical motion expressions are perceived as low in metaphoricity because of their conventionality in music criticism, and because of a more general association of music with motion, given that people often literally move when they make music and when they listen to music.