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Zur Semiotik Einiger Musikinstrumente (Vorläufige Problemstellung)

Voigt, Vilmos (2015) Zur Semiotik Einiger Musikinstrumente (Vorläufige Problemstellung). Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 60 (1). pp. 185-199. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

In spite of the promising recent development of comparative musicology (also including the study of musical instruments) and of semiotics (also including musical semiotics), there is no summarizing attempt to describe and analyze the “signs on musical instruments” phenomena, i.e. carved or painted parts of the instruments. The zoomorphic and anthropomorphic construction and forms of musical instruments, and of their parts, is a wide-ranging field of study. The paper shows some examples of ancient and folk music instruments, by using the common (Peircian) terminology in describing their signs in the proper sense of the word. Animal shells used as bodies of instruments, snake- and dragon-formed instruments, amorous heads on string instruments, human heads and devilish forms of bagpipes, paintings on piano’s wooden cases, emblems or coats of arms of the builders of the instruments — just there are some cases of signs of musical instruments. There are further allusions to musical signs as well.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GR Folklore / etnológia, folklór, kulturális antropológia
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2016 12:35
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2017 23:20
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/37299

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