A musical response to Lacan's concept of the objet petit a -the imaginary ' object-cause' of desire -accounts for certain songs by Charles Ives in which 'tonic' chords are signified by complex ...
As 2002 draws to a close, public halls are bracing themselves for the regular flood of yearend classical music concerts featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 "Choral." One would think that many ...