Musical semiotics and color : contextual roles of color in Scriabin and Schoenberg.

Stemming from the larger topic of multimedia, this thesis examines the interrelation of music and color. Color will be explored as a metaphysical entity—beyond visual or aural connotations—as a symbol for inner reality beyond time and space. This analysis will be achieved through the primary case study of Alexander Scriabin's symphony Prometheus: Poem of Fire (1911), as well as an in-depth overview of Arnold Schoenberg's synesthetic music drama Die glückliche Hand (1913). With both of these case studies color takes on a unique semiotic role, applying its metaphysical potential to engender a transcendent reality. These pieces not only show potential uses of color as a symbol to demonstrate inner reality beyond time and space; they also reflect roles—in counterpoint and synthesis—illustrating the changing cultural concept of color, and, by extension, the evolution of semiotic intuition.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.M.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Maya C., 1998-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Colman, Alfredo.

• Semiotics.
• Color-music.
• Scriabin.
• Schoenberg.
• Multimedia.
• Saariaho.
• Symbolists.
• Theosophists.

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Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/12817

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/12817