‎Joan Grimalt (ed)‎
‎Musical Rhetoric Beyond Figures‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, Pages: 414, Size:210 x 270 mm, Illustrations:14 b/w, 118 musical examples, Languages: English, Spanish. ISBN 9782503624723.‎

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‎Summary Musical Rhetoric Beyond Figures offers a fresh exploration of musical rhetoric, moving beyond traditional catalogues of rhetorical figures to rediscover music as a living discourse rooted in historical and contemporary practice. This groundbreaking volume challenges conventional musicological approaches by emphasising music as a form of expressive speech, as experienced and interpreted by performers. Bringing together sixteen diverse chapters from leading scholars and practitioners, the book spans eras from the eighteenth century to the present, covering styles from Baroque to contemporary music. It reveals how rhetorical thought underpins musical interpretation, performance, and analysis, highlighting the dialogue between intuition and theory. Readers will find rich insights into how musical phrasing, gesture, and timing evoke rhetorical expression, transforming the way we understand and perform music. Musical Rhetoric Beyond Figures bridges the gap between scholarly reflection and practical performance, offering a range of perspectives on the interplay of rhetoric, memory, and dramaturgy in music. Carefully curated thematic sections explore historical contexts, performance practice, and rhetorical analysis, while addressing modern voices and contemporary compositions. This volume is essential for musicians, musicologists, and anyone passionate about the deeper communicative power of music. It opens new pathways to understanding music not merely as sound, but as a dynamic form of discourse that continues to shape artistic expression and audience experience in profound ways. TABLE OF CONTENTS Joan Grimalt Introduction: Musical Discourse Beyond Rhetorical Figures Rhetorics and Performance in the Common-Practice Repertoire Robert Hatten Projecting Marked Moments and Expressive Trajectories in Performing Bach's Allemande from the Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 Joan Grimalt What do We Mean by 'Musical Discourse'? Pantelis Kogiamis Approaching Enigmatic Metronome Marks in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony through Metrical Prosodic Verse Pattern Analysis Galatea Daskalaki Unveiling Brahms: An Approach of Comprehension and Interpretation of the Intermezzo Op. 116, No. 2 Andrew Wong Exploring the Unwritten Practices of 18th-Century French Baroque Vocal Traditions in Violin Playing Rhetorics and Performance from the 20th Century Onwards Melanie Plesch Rhetorical Figures, Dysphoric Topoi and the Performance of Sorrow in Carlos Guastavino's Guitar Sonata No. 1 (1967) Valent n Benavides Music that Weeps: The Rhethoric of Ritual Lament in Jos Mar a S nchez-Verd 's Deploratio (1997) Carlos Villar-Taboada Rhetoric of an Invented Memory: Jos Luis Turina's Fantas a sobre una fantas a de Alonso Mudarra Alon Schab The Clavichord and the Rhetoric of Intimacy: Exploring Keith Jarrett's Book of Ways (1987) Rhetorical Analysis and Dramaturgy Martin ?urda Musical Topics, Rhetorical Gestures, and Dramatic Trajectories in Mozart's Piano Concerto K. 488 gueda Pedrero-Encabo Rhetoric and Narrativity: On the Poetic Style of Blasco de Nebra in the Adagio of the Sonata in A Major Ram n Sobrino Cortizo M sica, alegor a y discurso narrativo en el Tr ptico del Buen Pastor (1954) de Guridi Sara Tabuenca Agramonte The Sonata Form as Narrative Discourse in Franz Schubert: Hermeneutic Analysis of the Sonata D. 959 (1st Movement) A Historical-Theoretical Perspective Paulo F. de Castro Virtual Dialogues: Towards a Critical-historical Approach to the Concepts of Musical Topic, Topos, and Intonation Ryszard Daniel Golianek Affect, Expression, Narration: Interpretation of Empfindsamkeit Music Marcos Krieger Aristotelian Kairos and the Performer's Agency in Delivering Rhetorical Structures: Applications in Early 18th-Century German Keyboard Compositions Abstracts and Biographies Index of Names‎