Interpersonal Semiotics of Music after Several Decades

Interpersonal semiotics of music belongs to the sphere of musical anthropology. It is based on introspection and experiments with different types of music and different groups of respondents. Its theoretical principle represents the theory of small social group and system of interpersonal tendencies by Knobloch and Knoblochová (1999). This is used in relation of I/Other in which ‘Other‘ means music. Some works of B. Bartók, A. Berg, L. Janáček, B. Martinů, J. Sibelius, I. Stravinsky and J. Suk were analysed and described, among others, on this ground, i.e. from the point view of my interpersonal testimony. The interpersonal analyses of Czech music of the 1950s by several groups of respondents confirmed that such testimonies are distinguishable. The presented survey represents results of long work as part of my diverse semiotic and aesthetic activities.