Musical meaning and human values /

Musical understanding has evolved dramatically in recent years, principally through a heightened appreciation of musical meaning in its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This collection of essays by leading scholars addresses an aspect of meaning that has not yet received its due: the...

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Other Authors: Chapin, Keith Moore, Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:UPSO - Fordham University Press E-Books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Due rose, due volte : a study of early modern subjectivities / Susan McClary
  • Sublime experience and ironic action : E.T.A. Hoffmann and the use of music for life / Keith Chapin
  • The devoted ear : music as contemplation / Lawrence Kramer
  • Music and fantasy / Marshall Brown
  • Whose Brahms is it anyway? Observations on the recorded legacy of the B♭ piano concerto, op. 83 / Walter Frisch
  • The civilizing process : music and the aesthetics of time-space relations in The girl of the golden west / Richard Leppert
  • A farewell, a femme fatale, and a film : three awkward moments in twentieth-century music / Peter Franklin
  • "Pour out ... forgiveness like a wine" : can music "say an existence is wrong"? / Walter Bernhart.