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Musicians engage in many practices that may be viewed as modes of interpretation. This book aims at making the case for understanding these activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music as various forms of interpretation.

A collection of essays, written for this volume by leaders in the field, that study the emotional and cognitive significance of narrative and its implications for aesthetics and the philosophy of art.

A collection of essays, written for this volume by leaders in the field, that study the emotional and cognitive significance of narrative and its implications for aesthetics and the philosophy of art.

Among the many practices in which musicians engage are several that may be viewed as modes of interpretation, a kind of interpretation that the author calls "performative". This book aims at making the case for understanding these activities of transcribing, varying, and realizing music as all forms of interpretation.

Is there a single right interpretation for such cultural phenomena as works of literature, visual artworks, works of music, the self and legal and sacred texts? These essays pursue different answers to this question by examing the nature of interpretation and its objects and ideals.