"Rarely does one encounter in a single volume such a masterful and
graceful display of intellectual virtuosity. Kerman's skill in
illuminating musical texts, interpreting meaning, and fashioning
historical insights vindicates his reputation as one of the few
genuinely significant figures of our time in the study of music.
The authoritative range, clarity, and elegance of the essays in
this book make it both indispensable and delightful."--Leon
Botstein, Director, American Symphony Orchestra
"Reading through the book is a bit like being invited to dinner
with a good number of old friends, some acquaintances good to get
to know a bit better, and a few strangers definitely worth meeting
for the first time. Above all there is the host, willing to be
expansive on what many of the people in the room have meant to him
in the course of his varied life. It is invidious to deliver
judgment: one simply feels honored to be there."--John Deathridge,
co-author of "The New Grove Wagner
"Joseph Kerman has in recent years become a kind of bellwether
for musicological writing, one who has offered the discipline
various kinds of programmatic challenges and then shown us how to
meet them. He presents--in essay after essay--exactly the kind of
music criticism he has been urging us all to write. There are so
many examples of graceful, insightful, humane, even funny ways to
get 'out of analysis' and into understanding musical
meaning."--Ruth Solie, editor of "Musicology and Difference
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