Musical Meaning and Interpretation - Perspectives, Reflections, Critique

This collection of essays brings together leading musicologists and music theorists working across a range of genres--classical, jazz, and popular--to offer fresh approaches to questions of meaning in music. Rooted in humanistic values, Musical Meaning and Interpretation combines rich analytical insights with critical perspectives on musical hermeneutics, arguing collectively for the strength, necessity, and urgency of interpretive work in music.