The musical topic: hunt, military, and pastoral

Contents List of Plates Preface Note on Titles of Musical Works Part One: Topic Theory 1. Topic and Expression 2. The Literary Source of Topic Theory 3. Signifier and Signified in Music Part Two: Huntsmen 4. Signifier: The Hunting Horn 5. Signified: Hunts Noble and Ignoble 6. Musical Hunts 7. The Topic Established Part Three: Soldiers 8. The Military Signifier: 1. The March 9. The Military Signifier: 2. The Military Trumpet and Its Players 10. The Military Signified 11. The Soldier Represented Part Four: Shepherds 12. The Pastoral Signified: The Myth 13. The Pastoral Signifier 14. The Pastoral in Music 15. New Pastorals 16. Epilogue Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography Index