Byron Almén is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at The University of Texas at Austin and an accomplished pianist and organist. Edward Pearsall is Assistant Professor of Music at The University of Texas at Austin and is known internationally as a performer, composer, and scholar.
Contents
1. The Divining Rod: On Imagination, Interpretation, and AnalysisEdward
Pearsall and Byron Almén
2. Anatomy of a Gesture: From Davidovsky to Chopin and BackPatrick
McCreless
3. Anti-Teleological Art: Articulating Meaning through SilenceEdward
Pearsall
4. The Troping of Temporality in MusicRobert S. Hatten
5. A Simple Model for Associative Musical MeaningJ. Peter Burkholder
6. Uncanny Moments: Juxtaposition and the Collage Principle in
MusicNicholas Cook
7. The Sacrificed Hero: Creative Mythopoesis in Mahler's Wunderhorn
SymphoniesByron Almén
8. Contingencies of Meaning in Transcriptions and Excerpts: Popularizing
Samson et DalilaJann Pasler
Bibliography
Index
