Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-298) and index.
Whose Magic flute? : intimations of reality at the gates of the Enlightenment -- How could Chopin's A-major prelude be deconstructed? -- Toward a deconstruction of structural listening : a critique of Schoenberg, Adorno, and Stravinsky -- The closing of the American dream? : a musical perspective on Allan Bloom, Spike Lee, and doing the right thing.