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'In Time' is an innovative study of classical music that integrates contemporary theory, such as problem-solving strategies (resembling map-making) with the expressive dimension of music. This integration is suggested as a metaphor for life journeys, encompassing both external experiences and internal memories within alternative realities.
List of contents
Acknowledgment ....................................................................................................... 9
Introduction ............................................................................................................. 11
The Beginning before the Beginning .................................................................. 11
Map- Making
Perspectives on Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy: Conceptual Models and Compositional Strategy 'quasi una fantasia' ........................................................ 17
The Structure of Energy and the Character of Structure in Beethoven's 'Archduke' Trio ......................................................................................................... 53
Mind- Games: Blake, Adorno, and Modeling in Schubert 'quasi una fantasia' ..................................................................................................................... 81
Dilemmas in Problem- Solving Strategy
Under Threat: Tactics, Strategies, and 'Ways of Seeing' ................................... 123
Journeys and Story- Telling
The Mirror and the Lamp: Contexts of Poetic Iconology and the Structure of 'Das Lied von der Erde' ..................................................................................... 147
The 'Dark Side of the Force' in the Romantic Imagination ............................. 215
Odysseys in Proustian Time ................................................................................ 249
Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 275
Index ....................................................................................................................... 293
Author Index ....................................................................................................... 293
Topics Index ........................................................................................................ 293
About the author
Barbara Barry holds the position of Research Fellow in Music at the School of Advanced Studies, University of London, and also at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem. She has authored six books and many articles related to Beethoven, Schubert and Mahler studies. Among her works, four books focus on analytic structure and the philosophy of music, while the remaining two belong to the genre of young adult fiction.
