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 .... — More…
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$42.50Contents
- 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
