Music as Message: An Introduction to Musical Semantics (Hardcover)

Contents: The Concept of the Message in Music ? Public and private Messages in Music ? Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung ? Wagner’s Idea of a Religion of Art ? The Symphony of a Thousand ? Basics of Program Music ? 19th-Century Composer types ? Music and Poetry ? Berlioz’ Concept of the ≪Instrumental Drama≫ ? Liszt’s Concept of the ≪Musical Epic≫ ? Richard Strauss ? Secret Program Music ? On Gustav Mahler’s Wirkungsgeschichte ? Music Must Become Language: On Hans Werner Henze ? The Presence of All Eras: Messages through the Ages.