Analysis of an analysis

Tarasti on Liszt

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Keywords:

Liszt, Tarasti, Musical semiotics, Vallée d’Obermann

Abstract

In his fundamental book, A Theory of Musical Semiotics, Eero Tarasti endeavors to analyze Liszt’s piano work
Vallée d’Obermann from the point of view of semiotics. In a process of clever musical archaeology, the author reveals
the many layers that color the score of the Hungarian composer. The present article intends to make a few observations
at the margin of this text, trying to detail and comment the analysis by one of the most important Semiotics theorists
in the world.

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Author Biography

Laura Tausz Rónai, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) (Brazil)

A flutist, she holds a BA in Music from UNIRIO and a BA in Flute Performance from the State University of New York. She earned a Master of Music degree from the City University of New York (Hunter College) and a Doctorate in Interpretive Practices from UNIRIO. He has taught courses at the Real Conservatório Superior de Madrid and, in the USA, at Rutgers and Princeton Universities. He has visited England, invited by the British Council, and has given recitals in the USA and Europe. He plays in duo with the pianist Ruth Serrão and the harpsichordist Sula Kossatz, with whom he is a member of the chamber groups Sine Nomine and Re-Toques. She conducts the UNIRIO Baroque Orchestra and is a music critic for the North American magazine Fanfare. Currently she is responsible for the transverse flute chair and professor of the Graduate Program in Music at the same institution.

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Published

2012-01-10

How to Cite

Rónai, Laura Tausz. 2012. “Analysis of an Analysis: Tarasti on Liszt”. Per Musi, no. 25 (January):1-5. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/40317.

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