Lawrence Kramer

What, exactly, is knowledge of music? And what does it tell us about humanistic knowledge in general? This book grapples directly with these fundament

Het zijn Tricky Tijden. De bestaande ordening staat ter discussie, het vertrouwde moeten we loslaten en grenzen worden verlegd. Elke transformatie ken

Bestaan er prinsen die in sinaasappels leven? Wat moet je doen om die te bevrijden? Lukt dat de zeer eigenwijze prinses Aya, ondanks een kwaadaardige

A History of Europe in the Modern World delves into how Europe's history has contributed to the development of the modern world and an increasingly gl

"Written by an author who has been at the top of his game for more than three decades—and remains there—Music and the Forms of Life moves deftly betwe

Adapting the resources of contemporary literary theory to forge his own discourse about music, the author of this treatise demonstrates how European m

Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of the controversial new musicology, integrating the study of music with social and cultu

"Written by an author who has been at the top of his game for more than three decades—and remains there—Music and the Forms of Life moves deftly betwe

Selected Essays. What is responsible for our response to music, and to what is our response responsible? The essays in this outstanding collection exp

Why does music move us? Lawrence Kramer suggests we should ask this old question in a different way: what is responsible for our response to music, an

"Clear, trenchant, delightfully opinionated, and thick with virtuosic word play. This book will not disappoint."—Nicholas Cook, author of The Schenker

Shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from postmodernist standpoints. This book provides an account of the po

The Hum of the World is an invitation to contemplate what would happen if we heard the world as attentively as we see it. Balancing big ideas with pla

Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking

The Hum of the World is an invitation to contemplate what would happen if we heard the world as attentively as we see it. Balancing big ideas with pla

Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking

"This wide-ranging book reveals Lawrence Kramer's command of poetry, novels, music, philosophy, history, and other topics too numerous to list. Refres

“Vintage Kramer: Musicology at its best and most responsible. Expression and Truth is a tour de force that continues the author’s longstanding commitm