Musical semiotics and color : contextual roles of color in Scriabin and Schoenberg.

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dc.contributor.advisorColman, Alfredo.
dc.creatorJohnson, Maya C., 1998-
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-17T14:05:50Z
dc.date.available2024-07-17T14:05:50Z
dc.date.created2023-08
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2023
dc.date.updated2024-07-17T14:05:50Z
dc.description.abstractStemming from the larger topic of multimedia, this thesis examines the interrelation of music and color. Color will be explored as a metaphysical entity—beyond visual or aural connotations—as a symbol for inner reality beyond time and space. This analysis will be achieved through the primary case study of Alexander Scriabin’s symphony Prometheus: Poem of Fire (1911), as well as an in-depth overview of Arnold Schoenberg’s synesthetic music drama Die glückliche Hand (1913). With both of these case studies color takes on a unique semiotic role, applying its metaphysical potential to engender a transcendent reality. These pieces not only show potential uses of color as a symbol to demonstrate inner reality beyond time and space; they also reflect roles—in counterpoint and synthesis—illustrating the changing cultural concept of color, and, by extension, the evolution of semiotic intuition.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2104/12817
dc.language.isoEnglish
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dc.titleMusical semiotics and color : contextual roles of color in Scriabin and Schoenberg.
dc.typeThesis
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local.embargo.lift2025-08-01
local.embargo.terms2025-08-01
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. School of Music.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.nameM.M.
thesis.degree.programMusicology
thesis.degree.schoolBaylor University

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