Overview :From the winds of Mars to a baby's first laugh, a prolific philosopher-composer reflects on the profound imperative of sound in everyday lif... Read More
Overview :What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? The Thought of Music grapples directly... Read More
Overview :This volume collects twenty of Lawrence Kramer's seminal writings on art song (especially Lieder), opera, and word-music relationships. All ... Read More
Overview :A leading cultural theorist and musicologist opens up new possibilities for understanding mainstream Western art music--the "classical" musi... Read More
Overview :"What can be done about the state of classical music?" Lawrence Kramer asks in this elegant, sharply observed, and beautifully written exten... Read More
Overview :Expression and truth are traditional opposites in Western thought: expression supposedly refers to states of mind, truth to states of affair... Read More
Overview :In Music as Cultural Practice, Lawrence Kramer adapts the resources of contemporary literary theory to forge a genuinely new discourse about... Read More
Overview :The Hum of the World is an invitation to contemplate what would happen if we heard the world as attentively as we see it. Balancing big idea... Read More
Overview :Interpreting Music is a comprehensive essay on understanding musical meaning and performing music meaningfully-"interpreting music" in both ... Read More
Overview :In recent years classical music has become a test case for debates over the future of culture. As times have changed, the value traditionall... Read More
Overview :This is the first book to examine Schubert's songs as active shaping forces in the culture of their era rather than as mere reflections of i... Read More