Reflections on Musical Meaning and Its

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.

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

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Language
Language and the Interpretation of Music	p. 3
Being at a Loss for Words	p. 32
Beethoven's "Expressive" Markings	p. 50
Performance
The Immanence of Performance in Medieval Song	p. 71
Early Recorded Performances of Chopin Waltzes and Mazurkas: The Relation to the Text	p. 84
Notation
What Kind of Thing Is Musical Notation?	p. 107
Sketching Music, Writing Music	p. 161
Interpretative Frames
The Lulu Character and the Character of Lulu	p. 175
History and Archetypes	p. 210
Gender and Other Dualities of Music History	p. 220
Hermeneutics, Exegetics, or What?	p. 234
Facile Metaphors, Hidden Gaps, Short Circuits: Should We Adore Adorno?	p. 253
Permissions Acknowledgments	p. 267
Notes	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 305
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