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List of Examples and Figures vii

Introduction Lawrence Kramer 1

1 Due Rose, Due Volte: A Study of Early Modern Subjectivities Susan Mcclary 10

2 Sublime Experience and Ironic Action: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Use of Music for Life Keith Chapin 32

3 The Devoted Ear: Music as Contemplation Lawrence Kramer 59

4 Music and Fantasy Marshall Brown 79

5 Whose Brahms Is It Anyway? Observations on the Recorded Legacy of the B, Piano Concerto, Op. 83 Walter Frisch 102

6 The Civilizing Process: Music and the Aesthetics of Time-Space Relations in The Girl of the Golden West Richard Leppert 116

7 A Farewell, a Femme Fatale, and a Film: Three Awkward Moments in Twentieth-Century Music Peter Franklin 150

8 "Pour Out . . . Forgiveness Like a Wine": Can Music "Say an Existence Is Wrong"? Walter Bernhart 170

Notes 185

Contributors 223

Index of Works 225