Title: Musical elaborations /
Authors: Said, Edward W.
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Music Philosophy and aesthetics; Music Social aspects; Music Performance
Abstract: Examines the performance of Western high-art music, the politicized theorizing of it, and the use of "melody, solitude, and affirmation" in it.
Contents: Performance as an extreme occasion -- On the transgressive elements in music -- Melody, solitude, and affirmation.