The Interpretation of Music

• The full voic'd quire - types of interpretations of music, Goran Hermeren; performative vs critical interpretation in music, Jerrold Levinson; interpreting the emotional content of music, F.M.Berenson; rightness and reasons in musical interpretation, Michael Krausz; musical standards as function of musical accomplishment, James Ross; perceiving the music correctly, Robert Kraut; musical works in the worlds of performers and listeners, Robert L.Martin; notation and realization - musical performance in historical perspective, Bojan Bujic; music as ordered sound - some complications affecting description and interpretation, Joseph Margolis; the ethics of musical performance, J.O.Urmson; making music our own, Frank Sibley; "Music Has no Meaning to Speak of" - the politics of musical interpretation, Lydia Goehr; notes on the meaning of music, Roger Scruton; is there a semantics for music?, Rom Harre; Goodman, density and the limits of sense perception, Dianne Raffman; portraits in music, a case study - Elgar's "Enigma" variations, Francis Sparshott; aesthetic decomposition - music, identity and time, Joanna Hodge; understanding humour and understanding music, Kendall Walton; theoretically informed listening, Mark de Bellis.

'The detail of many of these arguments is treated with great clarity in this fascinating book. We are not famous as a nation for our interest in ideas ... but an understanding of these essays could influence not just what we think, but what we feel in the presence of music. Read and enjoy.'Anthony Pryor, BBC Music, March 1994