The why of Music: Dialogues in an Unexplored Region of Appreciation

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A GLEAM IN THE EYE
3
SOMETHING MORE
17
THE MUSICAL IMAGE
31
HOW THE MUSICAL IMAGE IS PORTRAYED
45
HOW FORM CONTRIBUTES TO THE IMAGE
58
SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION
75
SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
87
STYLE AND TASTE
99
THE SECOND PERIOD
165
THE THIRD PERIOD
183
VERBAL AND MUSICAL IMAGES IN THE SONG
197
THE MUSICAL IMAGE IN THE LEADINGMOTIVE
220
TWO NEW QUESTIONERS
240
A COMMON MUSICAL IDIOM
254
WHAT MAKES GOOD MUSIC GREAT?
277
EPILOGUE OR PREFACE?
290

IMAGE AND STYLE IN BACH
114
CLASSICISM IN HAYDN AND MOZART
129
ROMANTICISM IN BEETHOVEN
147
INDEX
303
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