| Preface |
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| Part I The Austro-German Mainstream |
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1 Two on Bach performances |
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3 | (4) |
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2 Haydn: the musicians' musician |
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7 | (11) |
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3 Mozart: redundant genius |
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18 | (2) |
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4 Schubert's songs recorded |
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20 | (4) |
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24 | (3) |
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6 Some thoughts about Tristan and abstract nouns |
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27 | (5) |
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7 Motif, memory and meaning in Twilight of the Gods |
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32 | (21) |
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8 Experiencing music and imagery in Parsifal |
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53 | (15) |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (7) |
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77 | (8) |
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85 | (2) |
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13 Unobtrusive conservative |
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87 | (2) |
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14 Mahler's tragic friend |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (10) |
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17 Strauss: two pieces on the fiftieth anniversary of his death |
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103 | (4) |
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18 Salome: art or kitsch? |
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107 | (15) |
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19 The orchestration of Elektra: a critical interpretation |
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122 | (16) |
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20 Die Frau ohne Schatten |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (8) |
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22 Strauss—Stravinsky—Schoenberg |
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150 | (5) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (16) |
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25 Schoeck the evolutionary |
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173 | (7) |
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180 | (6) |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (3) |
| Part II The Others |
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191 | (196) |
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29 Purcell's diligent muse |
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193 | (3) |
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30 Elaborating Elgar's Third |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (2) |
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33 Benjamin Britten: the sentimental sublime |
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204 | (5) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (9) |
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36 The church parables: limits and renewals |
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220 | (10) |
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230 | (3) |
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38 Britten twenty-five years on |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (4) |
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41 Remembering two composers |
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241 | (3) |
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42 Alexander Goehr: towards a critique |
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244 | (4) |
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248 | (3) |
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251 | (4) |
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255 | (9) |
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264 | (7) |
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271 | (6) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (6) |
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285 | (7) |
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51 Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy |
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292 | (2) |
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52 Beware the pitfalls of sincerity |
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294 | (3) |
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53 Puzzled by Shostakovich |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (2) |
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302 | (2) |
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56 Stravinsky's self-concealment |
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304 | (11) |
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57 Stravinsky's spiritual son |
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315 | (7) |
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322 | (20) |
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342 | (2) |
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60 Expressive sources and resources in Jandeek's musical language |
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344 | (14) |
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61 'Use your ears like a man' |
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358 | (2) |
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62 'But is it art?' Gershwin in a classical context |
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360 | (5) |
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365 | (11) |
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64 Ralph Shapey's Trilogy in Chicago |
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376 | (3) |
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65 Two on David Del Tredici |
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379 | (8) |
| Part III 'Think pieces' |
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387 | (40) |
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66 The search for a sound aesthetics |
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389 | (4) |
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67 Models of invention: old music with a new ear |
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393 | (8) |
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401 | (3) |
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404 | (10) |
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414 | (10) |
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424 | (3) |
| Sources |
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427 | (2) |
| Index |
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