Musical understanding has evolved dramatically in recent years,
principally through a heightened appreciation of musical meaning in
its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This collection
of essays by leading scholars addresses an aspect of meaning that
has not yet received its due: the relation of meaning in this broad
humanistic sense to the shaping of fundamental values. The volume
examines the open and active circle between the values and
valuations placed on music by both individuals and societies, and
the discovery, through music, of what and how to value. With a
combination of cultural criticism and close readings of musical
works, the contributors demonstrate repeatedly that to make music
is also to make value, in every sense. They give particular
attention to values that have historically enabled music to assume
a formative role in human societies: to foster practices of
contemplation, fantasy, and irony; to explore sexuality,
subjectivity, and the uncanny; and to articulate longings for unity
with nature and for moral certainty. Each essay in the collection
shows, in its own way, how music may provoke transformative
reflection in its listeners and thus help guide humanity to its own
essential embodiment in the world. The range of topics is broad and
developed with an eye both to the historical specificity of values
and to the variety of their possible incarnations. The music is
both canonical and noncanonical, old and new. Although all of it is
"classical," the contributors' treatment of it yields conclusions
that apply well beyond the classical sphere. The composers
discussed include Gabrieli, Marenzio, Haydn, Beethoven,
Mendelssohn, Brahms, Wagner, Puccini, Hindemith, Schreker, and
Henze. Anyone interested in music as it is studied today will find
this volume essential reading.
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