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Offers a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. This book argues that music, far from being closed to interpretation, is ideally open to it, and that musical interpretation is the paradigm of interpretation in general.

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"Thoughtful and thought-provoking... All present are the qualities noted of Kramer's impeccable writing: grace, deftness of touch, wide reading." -- Michael Spitzer, University of Liverpool Music & Letters "Well documented... Recommended." Choice

Table of Contents
Contents List of Musical Examples 1. Hermeneutics 2. Language 3. Subjectivity 4. Meaning 5. Metaphor 6. History 7. Influence 8. Deconstruction 9. Analysis 10. Resemblance 11. Things 12. Classical 13. Modern 14. Works 15. Performance 16. Musicology Notes Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/11/2010
      ISBN13: 9780520267060, 978-0520267060
      ISBN10: 0520267060
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      Theory of music and musicology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. This book argues that music, far from being closed to interpretation, is ideally open to it, and that musical interpretation is the paradigm of interpretation in general.

      Trade Review
      "Thoughtful and thought-provoking... All present are the qualities noted of Kramer's impeccable writing: grace, deftness of touch, wide reading." -- Michael Spitzer, University of Liverpool Music & Letters "Well documented... Recommended." Choice

      Table of Contents
      Contents List of Musical Examples 1. Hermeneutics 2. Language 3. Subjectivity 4. Meaning 5. Metaphor 6. History 7. Influence 8. Deconstruction 9. Analysis 10. Resemblance 11. Things 12. Classical 13. Modern 14. Works 15. Performance 16. Musicology Notes Index

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