Musical Meaning and Interpretation: Perspectives, Reflections, Critique

Revived with new intensity at the end of the twentieth century, questions of meaning and interpretation in music continue to generate widespread interest and give rise to new research directions and methods. This collection of essays brings together leading musicologists and music theorists working across a range of genres—classical, jazz, and popular—to offer fresh perspectives on a concern that bestrides every area of musical scholarship.

While many accounts of musical meaning tend to limi...