List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Childhood and nostalgia in the works of Charles Ives; 2. Black and white: quotations in Duke Ellington's 'Black and Tan Fantasy'; Interlude: chronological scenes; 3. Madness; 4. The promise of the past: Rochberg, Berio and Stockhausen; 5. Sampling and thievery; 6. Covered up: borrowing in Sandra Bernhard's Without You I'm Nothing; Conclusion; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.
Examines the way the use of quotation in music both creates and transforms cultural associations.
David Metzer is Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has published a wide range of articles on twentieth-century music.
'… rich and fascinating cultural and aesthetic interpretations …' Journal of the Royal Musical Association
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