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Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought:
expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of
affairs. "Expression and Truth" rejects this opposition and
proposes fluid new models of expression, truth, and knowledge with
broad application to the humanities. These models derive from five
theses that connect expression to description, cognition, the
presence and absence of speech, and the conjunction of address and
reply. The theses are linked by a concentration on musical
expression, regarded as the ideal case of expression in general,
and by fresh readings of Ludwig WittgensteinOCOs scattered but
important remarks about music. The result is a new conception of
expression as a primary means of knowing, acting on, and forming
the world.Recent years have seen the return of the claim that
musicOCOs power resides in its ineffability. In "Expression and
Truth," Lawrence Kramer presents his most elaborate response to
this claim. Drawing on philosophers such as Wittgenstein and on
close analyses of nineteenth-century compositions, Kramer
demonstrates how music operates as a medium for articulating
cultural meanings and that music matters too profoundly to be
cordoned off from the kinds of critical readings typically brought
to the other arts. A tour-de-force by one of musicologyOCOs most
influential thinkers.OCoSusan McClary, "Desire and Pleasure in
Seventeenth-Century Music."
The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre
music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the
songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each
volume are in the original keys, excerpted from vocal scores and
piano/conductor rehearsal scores. Includes both recent shows and a
deeper look into classic musicals. Includes: ANNIE: Easy Street *
BARNUM: Bigger Isn't Better * CHILDREN OF EDEN: Lost in the
Wilderness * CITY OF ANGELS: Stay with Me * DIRTY ROTTEN
SCOUNDRELS: Great Big Stuff * DO I HEAR A WALTZ?: Take the Moment *
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE: I Am Aldolpho * GODSPELL: Alas for You o
GREASE: Mooning * GREY GARDENS: Body Beautiful Beale * Drift Away *
HAIRSPRAY: The Nicest Kids in Town * Hairspray * JERSEY BOYS:
December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) * Can't Take My Eyes Off of You *
THE LAST FIVE YEARS: Shiksa Goddess * Moving Too Fast * THE LIGHT
IN THE PIAZZA: Il mondo era vuoto * Passeggiata * LITTLE WOMEN:
Take a Chance on Me * MOVIN' OUT: She's Got a Way * Summer,
Highland Falls * MYTHS AND HYMNS: Saturn Returns * Hero and Leander
* ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: I Have Written a Play * THE PIRATE
QUEEN: I'll Be There * THE PRODUCERS: Springtime for Hitler * Heil
Myself * RENT: What You Own * SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD: She Cries *
SPRING AWAKENING: Left Behind * TARZAN: Two Worlds * Strangers like
Me * THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: What Do I Need with Love * TICK,
TICK ... BOOM!: 30/90 * Sunday * URBAN COWBOY: It Don't Get Better
Than This * WEST SIDE STORY: Something's Coming * Maria.
An intimate, moving, dramatic story about the musicians in a great
orchestra who make music come alive in performance and recording.
The musicians here are members of the fabled Boston Symphony
Orchestra, led by conductor Seiji Ozawa, during a season
highlighted by Mahler's Second Symphony, The Resurrection.
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