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1	Conventional Wisdom: The Content of Musical Form more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist With her usual combination of erudition, innovation, and spirited prose, Susan McClary reexamines the concept of musical convention in this fast-moving and refreshingly accessible book. Exploring the ways that shared musical practices transmit social knowledge, "Conventional Wisdom" offers an account of our own cultural moment in terms of two ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
2	Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist When it was originally published in 1991, Feminine Endings was immediately controversial for its unprecedented intermingling of cultural criticism and musical studies, an approach that came to be called "the New Musicology." Through case studies of works ranging from the canonical -- operas by Monteverdi and Bizet -- to the contemporary -- the ... see all copies from $2.36! new only from $16.56! \| first editions
3	Cecilia Reclaimed: Feminist Perspectives on Gender and Music more books like this by Susan C Cook (Editor), Judy Tsou (Editor), Susan McClary (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $8.50! new only from $19.64!
4	Modal Subjectivities: Self-Fashioning in the Italian Madrigal more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist In this boldly innovative book, renowned musicologist Susan McClary presents an illuminating cultural interpretation of the Italian madrigal, one of the most influential repertories of the Renaissance. A genre that sought to produce simulations in sound of complex interiorities, the madrigal introduced into music a vast range of new signifying ... see all copies from $10.53! new only from $17.22! \| first editions
5	Georges Bizet, Carmen more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist Bizet's Carmen is probably the best known opera of the standard repertoire, yet its very familiarity often prevents us from approaching it with the seriousness it deserves. This handbook explores the opera in a number of contexts, bringing to the surface the controversies over gender, race, class and musical propriety that greeted its premiere and ... see all copies from $2.78! new only from $30.59! \| SVS
6	Opera: The Undoing of Women more books like this by Catherine Clement, Ms. Betsy Wing (Translator), Susan McClary (Foreword by) add to wishlist Catherine Clement analyzes the plots of over thirty prominent operas -- Otello and Siegfried to Madame Butterfly and Magic Flute -- through the lenses of feminism and literary theory to unveil the negative messages about women in stories familiar to every opera listener. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
7	New Historical Anthology of Music by Women more books like this by Dr. James R Briscoe (Editor), Susan McClary (Foreword by) add to wishlist "New Historical Anthology of Music by Women" updates the extremely popular collection with 55 compositions by 46 women composers from the ancient Greeks to the present. Each work is introduced by an informative essay by a specialist in the field, with recommendations for further reading, listening, and performing. Historical scores have been ... see all copies from $19.41! new only from $39.55! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Reading Music: Selected Essays more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist This outstanding collection of Susan McClary's work exemplifies her contribution to a bridging of the gap between historical context, culture and musical practice. The selection includes essays which have had a major impact on the field and others which are less known and reproduced here from hard-to-find sources. The volume is divided into four ... see all copies from $108.41! new only from $134.32!
9	Musicological Identities: Essays in Honor of Susan McClary more books like this by Susan McClary add to wishlist No music scholar has made as profound an impact on contemporary thought as Susan McClary, a central figure in what has been termed the 'new musicology'. In this volume seventeen distinguished scholars pay tribute to her work, with essays addressing three approaches to music that have characterized her own writings: reassessing music's role in ... see all copies from $91.13! new only from $101.85!
10	Noise: The Political Economy of Music more books like this by Susan McClary, Brian Massumi (Translator), Fredric Jameson add to wishlist see all copies from $249.25!

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