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9780253223166

Reflections on Musical Meaning and Its Representations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253223166

  • ISBN10:

    0253223164

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-09-07
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Leo Treitler is Distinguished Professor of Music Emeritus, Cuny Graduate Center, and Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. xi
Language
Language and the Interpretation of Musicp. 3
Being at a Loss for Wordsp. 32
Beethoven's "Expressive" Markingsp. 50
Performance
The Immanence of Performance in Medieval Songp. 71
Early Recorded Performances of Chopin Waltzes and Mazurkas: The Relation to the Textp. 84
Notation
What Kind of Thing Is Musical Notation?p. 107
Sketching Music, Writing Musicp. 161
Interpretative Frames
The Lulu Character and the Character of Lulup. 175
History and Archetypesp. 210
Gender and Other Dualities of Music Historyp. 220
Hermeneutics, Exegetics, or What?p. 234
Facile Metaphors, Hidden Gaps, Short Circuits: Should We Adore Adorno?p. 253
Permissions Acknowledgmentsp. 267
Notesp. 269
Bibliographyp. 289
Indexp. 305
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