Approaches to meaning in music

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Contents 1. The Divining Rod: On Imagination, Interpretation, and Analysis Edward Pearsall and Byron Almen 2. Anatomy of a Gesture: From Davidovsky to Chopin and Back Patrick McCreless 3. Anti-Teleological Art: Articulating Meaning through Silence Edward Pearsall 4. The Troping of Temporality in Music Robert S. Hatten 5. A Simple Model for Associative Musical Meaning J. Peter Burkholder 6. Uncanny Moments: Juxtaposition and the Collage Principle in Music Nicholas Cook 7. The Sacrificed Hero: Creative Mythopoesis in Mahler's Wunderhorn Symphonies Byron Almen 8. Contingencies of Meaning in Transcriptions and Excerpts: Popularizing Samson et Dalila Jann Pasler Bibliography Index