Reiner (composer, music producer, performer and writer) investigates the link between musical time and the world of signs and symbols. In the seven chapters, he discusses the extent to which musical time is a product of signs, sign systems, and sign-oriented behavior; sound as a potential sign of time and of musical time; inherent and recognizable temporal features; time as a compositional concern in the case of Igor Stravinsky and Karl Stockhausen; the proposition that musical time is both unheard and imperceptible; and the role of concepts and their designations. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
