Reflections on Musical Meaning and Its Representations
- Author: Treitler, Leo
This is a compendium of writings by one of the most original thinkers in musicology . . . Treitler stands every issue on its head and shakes well to expose a viewpoint about musical meaning...
Reflections on Musical Meaning and Its Representations
- Author: Treitler, Leo
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This is a compendium of writings by one of the most original thinkers in musicology . . . Treitler stands every issue on its head and shakes well to expose a viewpoint about musical meaning...
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How is it possible to talk or write about music? What is the link between graphic signs and music? What makes music meaningful? In this book, distinguished scholar Leo Treitler explores the relationships among language, musical notation, performance, compositional practice, and patterns of culture in the presentation and representation of music. Treitler engages a wide variety of historical sources to discuss works from medieval plainchant to Berg's opera Lulu and a range of music in between.
Contents
- Introduction
- I. Language
- 1. Language and the Interpretation of Music
- 2. Being at a Loss for Words
- 3. Beethoven's "Expressive" Markings
- II. Performance-
- 4. The Immanence of Performance in Medieval Song
- 5. Early Recorded Performances of Chopin Waltzes and Mazurkas: The Relation to the Text
- III. Notation
- 6. What Kind of Thing is Musical Notation?
- 7. Sketching Music, Writing Music
- IV. Interpretative Frames
- 8. The Lulu Character and the Character of Lulu
- 9. History and Archetypes
- 10. Gender and Other Dualities of Music History
- 11. Hermeneutics, Exegetics, or What?
- 12. Facile Metaphors, Hidden Gaps, Short Circuits: Should We Adore Adorno?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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This is a compendium of writings by one of the most original thinkers in musicology . . . Treitler stands every issue on its head and shakes well to expose a viewpoint about musical meaning . . . Highly recommended
Music and Letters
Nov 2012
