Second‐Order Topics and Prokofiev's String Quartets.

In his 1957 Mythologies, Roland Barthes proposes a second‐order semiological system, in which a familiar sign is repurposed to become a new signifier and in the process mythologises the previous sign system. This article adapts this principle to musical topics in twentieth‐century music, using the c...

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Published in:Music Analysis Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 227 - 262
Main Author: DONALDSON, JAMES
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2023
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