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1	Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist In this enlightening and entertaining book, one of the most original and sophisticated musicologists writing today turns his attention to music's most dramatic genre. Extending his ongoing project of clarifying music's various roles in Western society, Kramer brings to opera his distinctive and pioneering blend of historical concreteness and ... see all copies from $6.29! new only from $13.78! \| first editions \| SVS
2	After the Lovedeath: Sexual Violence and the Making of Culture more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist This elegantly written book is a bold attempt to reinterpret the nature of sexual violence and to imagine the possibility of overcoming it. Lawrence Kramer traces today's sexual identities to their nineteenth-century sources, drawing on the music, literature, and thought of the period to show how normal identity both promotes and rationalizes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.63! \| first editions \| SVS
3	We Must Love One Another or Die: The Life and Legacies of Larry Kramer more books like this by Lawrence D Mass (Editor) add to wishlist This biography of Larry Kramer assesses his unique contribution to public life, and specifically to gay communities worldwide. Kramer's story is described as the saga of an individual's evolution from private citizen and successful businessman to public artist and political activist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Why Classical Music Still Matters more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist 'What can be done about the state of classical music?' Lawrence Kramer asks in this elegant, sharply observed, and beautifully written extended essay. Classical music, whose demise has been predicted for at least a decade, has always had its staunch advocates, but in today's media-saturated world there are real concerns about its viability. "Why ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $3.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	After the Lovedeath: Sexual Violence and Making of Culture more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist This elegantly written book is a bold attempt to reinterpret the nature of sexual violence and to imagine the possibility of overcoming it. Lawrence Kramer traces today's sexual identities to their nineteenth-century sources, drawing on the music, literature, and thought of the period to show how normal identity both promotes and rationalizes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema more books like this by Daniel Goldmark (Editor), Lawrence Kramer (Editor), Richard Leppert (Editor) add to wishlist This groundbreaking collection by the most distinguished musicologists and film scholars in their fields gives long overdue recognition to music as equal to the image in shaping the experience of film. Refuting the familiar idea that music serves as an unnoticed prop for narrative, these essays demonstrate that music is a fully imagined and active ... see all copies from $15.90! new only from $28.53! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Classical Music and Postmodern Knowledge more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist A cultural theorist and musicologist attempts to open up new possibilities for understanding Western art music. When this music is regarded esoterically, removed from real-world interests, it increasingly sounds more evasive than transcendent. Kramer shows how classical music can take on new meaning and new life when approached from a ... see all copies from $18.90! new only from $29.26! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Musical Meaning: Toward a Critical History more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of the controversial new musicology, integrating the study of music with social and cultural issues. This accessible and eloquently written book continues and deepens the trajectory of Kramer's thinking as it boldly argues that humanistic, not just technical, meaning is a basic force in ... see all copies from $17.95! new only from $22.54!
9	Franz Schubert: Sexuality, Subjectivity, Song more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist This is the first book to examine Schubert's songs as active shaping forces in the culture of their era rather than as mere reflections of it. Responding to rising new forms of social organisation, Schubert discovered that songs could serve as a medium for shuffling and reshuffling the basic building blocks of identity and desire, especially ... see all copies from $33.40! new only from $36.22! \| SVS
10	Critical Musicology and the Responsibility of Response: Selected Essays more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist 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, and to what is our response responsible? The essays in this outstanding collection try to answer this question amongst many others, and by finding cultural meaning in music they exemplify the critical ... see all copies from $105.00! new only from $143.71!
11 view cover	Walt Whitman and Modern Music more books like this by Kramer Lawrence, Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking countries. The essays in this volume trace the transformation of Whitman's nineteenth-century texts into vehicles for confronting twentieth-century problems - aesthetic, social, and political. The ... see all copies from $65.00! new only from $86.13!
12 view cover	Music as Cultural Practice, 1800-1900 more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist Adapting the resources of contemporary literary theory to forge his own discourse about music, the author of this treatise demonstrates how European music of the 19th century collaborates on equal terms with textual and sociocultural practices in the make-up of self and society. see all copies from $20.98!
13 view cover	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates & Trusts, 1990 more books like this by John L Kramer, Lawrence C Phillips add to wishlist Contains coverage of Tax Planning Considerations -- using corporations to split income, timing of distributions, using an S corporation to when liquidating, qualifying the estate for the installment payment of estate taxes, etc.; and Compliance and Procedural Considerations -- important due dates for filing, penalty avoidance, elections to file, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.11!
14 view cover	Musical Meaning more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist Lawrence Kramer has been a pivotal figure in the development of the controversial new musicology, integrating the study of music with social and cultural issues. This accessible and eloquently written book continues and deepens the trajectory of Kramer's thinking as it boldly argues that humanistic, not just technical, meaning is a basic force in ... see all copies from $22.43! new only from $36.40!
15	California Studies in 19th-Century Music more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist see all copies from $52.44!
16	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation, 1996 Comprehensive more books like this by John L. Kramer, Lawrence C. Phillips add to wishlist see all copies from $3.18! new only from $19.99!
17	Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Work Place by Lawrence; Kramer Solotoff, Henry S. add to wishlist "Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Work Place" provides complete coverage of legal and practical problems, from both employers and employees points of view. Here is a must-have "desk tool" for attorneys and human resources professionals that they can turn to for up-to-date information. This book is updated as needed, generally two ... see all copies from $294.20! new only from $294.20!
18	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation, 1996 Coporation, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts more books like this by John L Kramer, Lawrence C Phillips add to wishlist see all copies from $3.32!
19	Music and Poetry, the Nineteenth Century and After more books like this by Lawrence Kramer add to wishlist see all copies from $111.19!
20	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation, 1996, Individuals more books like this by John L Kramer, Lawrence C Phillips add to wishlist see all copies from $7.25! new only from $7.98!
21	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation, 1997: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts more books like this by John L Kramer, Thomas R Pope, Lawrence C Phillips add to wishlist This text is designed principally for use in a second course in federal taxation for undergraduate accounting and business students. The text materials have been updated to reflect recent legislative (through March 1, 1996), judicial, and administrative changes in the tax law. see all copies from $493.67!
22	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation: 1993 Individuals more books like this by John L Kramer, Robert L Gardner, Lawrence C Phillips add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
23	Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation 1997: Individual more books like this by Thomas R. Pope, Lawrence C. Phillips, John L. Kramer add to wishlist see all copies from $12.85!
24 view cover	Musical Meaning and Human Values more books like this by Lawrence Kramer (Editor), Keith Chapin (Editor) add to wishlist Musical understanding has evolved dramatically in recent years, principally through a heightened appreciation of musical meaning in its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This collection of essays by leading scholars addresses an aspect of meaning that has not yet received its due: the relation of meaning in this broad humanistic ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
25	Musical Meaning and Human Values more books like this by Keith Chapin (Editor), Lawrence Kramer (Editor) add to wishlist Musical understanding has evolved dramatically in recent years, principally through a heightened appreciation of musical meaning in its social, cultural, and philosophical dimensions. This collection of essays by leading scholars addresses an aspect of meaning that has not yet received its due: the relation of meaning in this broad humanistic ... see all copies from $74.33! new only from $74.33! \| SVS

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