Towards a Semantology of Music

  • Authors:
  • Rudolf Wille;Renate Wille-Henning

  • Affiliations:
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Mathematik,;Technische Universität Darmstadt, Fachbereich Mathematik,

  • Venue:
  • ICCS '07 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Conceptual Structures: Knowledge Architectures for Smart Applications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to approach a Semantology of Musicwhich is understood as the theory and methodology of musical semantic structures. The analysis of music structures is based on a threefold semantics which is performed on the musical level, the abstract philosophic-logical level, and the hypothetical mathematical level. Basic music structures are discussed by examples, in particular: tone systems, chords, harmonies, scales, modulations, musical time flow, and music forms. A specific concern of this paper is to clarify how a Semantology of Music may support the understanding of music.