VOLUME 7 • 2008
EFFECTS OF JUDICIAL QUALITY ON THE PATTERN OF TRADE
ABSTRACT. Trebilcock and Leng claim that, in transition economies, barter solves contract enforcement problems by providing deal-specific collateral for trade credits when firms face liquidity constraints. Nunn says that when relationship-specific investments are necessary for production, under-inve..
KNOWING AND GOVERNING PRISONERS AND PRISON
ABSTRACT. Palermo and White treat the matter of prisonization, derived from the necessity of adaptation to and survival in another environment, and discuss the topic of a prison’s (sub)culture. Soper’s thesis is about what we need to impute to the law, regarded impersonally, in order to make overall..
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT AND THE PATTERN OF TRADE
ABSTRACT. Schwartz and Scott propose a normative theory that fits business contracts, the subsidiary category of contractual relationships that the law most affects. Trebilcock and Leng assert that the requirements of formal institutional quality become more demanding as economies move up the develo..
ESSENTIALISM AND MUSICALITY
ABSTRACT. Fétis writes that sonatas and other works of classical and regular form have disappeared to make way for sorts of sketches embellished on known melodies and operatic airs. Liszt explains that songs should have a simple ac- companiment and avoid any unnecessary modulation. McClary affirms t..
SELF-PERCEPTION OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE IN CHORAL MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Martin argues that in Regina Coeli, KV 108 the exposition is heralded in the concertante instrumental introduction (the harmonic development is as simple and clear as the formal structure). Duffy contends that, unlike other modes of expression, music’s meaning tends to shy away from transl..
MELODIC CONTOUR AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RULES OF MUSICAL STYLE
ABSTRACT. Tarasti states that music has been understood as a signifying practice from baroque to Viennese classicism through to romanticism and modernism. Palmer holds that musicians can replicate their expressive patterns of timing and dynamics for a given musical piece with high precision. Hargrea..
THE MELODIC SUBSTANCE OF SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Pesce emphasizes that Liszt contains the length of the Mass for Male Voices as a whole by concentrating on homophony and unison writing. Lodes maintains that Beethoven lived at a time when Christianity and its institutions were losing much of their power. Zaslaw argues that as long as Moza..
PARADIGMS OF COMPOSITIONAL LOGIC IN PIANO MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Ritterman notices that Chopin’s early piano music conformed (at least externally) to the features of post-Classical concert repertoire. Finlow claims that with the etudes of Op. 10 Chopin realized the musical potential of the genre. Kinderman maintains that Beethoven’s musical thought was ..
TEXTURAL STRUCTURE AND MANNER OF EXECUTION IN SACRED CHORAL MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Leaver holds that in the medieval Mass the Canon was long, largely inaudible, and interpreted as a propitiatory sacrifice. Pesce remarks that, throughout Te Deum I, Liszt retains a modal flavor that is not regularly encroached upon by leading tones (only the middle section involves vocal h..
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION AND COMPLEXITY IN MUSIC
ABSTRACT. Carmen-Cohen contends that non-Western cultures attach importance to the "function" of musical activity, to the musical instrument, and to the numerous connections between music and world around it. Schwartz and Godfrey affirm that many of the sources from which Western composers draw stem..
THE MEANING OF CHORAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
ABSTRACT. Duffy claims that choral music can offer an illuminative angle from which to examine music&039;s signification (it pairs music with sung or spoken text, offering its own independent, readily discernable meaning). Karna debates the three Regina Coeli settings of Mozart, placing them in ..
WITTGENSTEIN ON THE FALLACY OF THE COGITO
ABSTRACT. It is my purpose here to show that, considered exclusively as a critique of Cartesian dualism, Wittgenstein&039;s later philosophy is quite conclusive without the private language argument. His critique of the Cartesian doctrine of the self as immaterial thinking substance remains deci..