THE FRUITFUL INTERACTIONS OF EXISTENTIAL SEMIOTICS AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS: NEW WAYS AND NEW CHALLENGES
THE FRUITFUL INTERACTIONS OF EXISTENTIAL SEMIOTICS AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS: NEW WAYS AND NEW CHALLENGES

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a synthetic panorama of the fruitful intersection of existential semiotics and musical analysis, as well as the Zemic model created by Eero Tarasti and its application to music. This article offers not only a panorama of existential semiotics applied to music analysis but also a critical review of the field of musical semiotics. Existential semiotics applied to musical analysis is commented and followed by some examples of its application to—among others—works by: Frederic Chopin and Claude Debussy, as well as referring to music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Jean Sibelius, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ernest Chausson. The new applications and challenges for existential semiotics can be seen on the example of 21st-century music, especially to the music of Krzysztof Penderecki and Arvo Pärt.

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