The first book-length consideration of questions relating to music and meaning.

The concept of intertextuality – namely, the meaning generated by interrelations between different texts – was coined in the 1960s among literary theorists

Departing from the traditional German school of music theorists, Michael Klein injects a unique French critical theory perspective into the framework of music a

This comprehensive volume offers a wide-ranging perspective on the stories that art music has told since the start of the 20th century. Contributors challenge t

This is a comprehensive essay on musical meaning and performing music meaningfully - 'interpreting music' in both senses of the term. The author argues that mus