Description
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that address the ways that writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, critics, and scholars speak of music from varying standpoints and in varying ways. An introduction to the volume identifies common themes and issues.
Trade Review"A rare, useful, and rich book, destined to attract musicologists, philosophers, theorists of all sorts, and philosophers of language." -- -Pierre Saint-Amand Brown University "Throughout the book there are imaginative insights and unique perspectives that challenge preconceptions and give new directions for further investigation." -- -Kenneth Gloag Cardiff University
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Speaking of Music: A View across Disciplines and a Lexicon of Topoi Keith Chapin and Andrew H. Clark Speaking of Music Lawrence Kramer Waiting for the Death Knell: Speaking of Music (So to Speak) Laura Odello Mattheson's Words, Bach's Silence: Humanist and Professional Ways of Speaking of Music Keith Chapin Making Music Speak Andrew H. Clark Rousseau: Music, Language, and Politics Tracy B. Strong Listening to Music Lawrence M. Zbikowski Mi manca la voce: How Balzac Talks Music-or How Music Takes Place-in Massimilla Doni John T. Hamilton Speaking of Music in the Romantic Era: Dynamic and Resistant Aspects of Musical Genre Matthew Gelbart Weather Reports: Discourse and Musical Cognition Per Aage Brandt Messiaen, Deleuze, and the Birds of Proclamation Sander van Maas Parole, parole: Tautegory and the Musicology of the (Pop) Song Peter Szendy Speaking of Microsound: The Bodies of Henri Chopin Kiene Brillenburg Wurth On the Ethics of the Unspeakable Jairo Moreno Recit Recitation Recitative Jean-Luc Nancy Notes List of Contributors Index
