Beethoven, Ludwig van, 8, 16, 51, 55nn9–10, 60, 65, 162–163, 202, 209, 231, 268, 279

bel canto, 20

Bellini, Vincenzo, 144, 303

Berg, Alban, 10, 295, 300–308, 311n12, 312n14, 320, 325

Berger, Arthur, 306

Berio, Luciano, 12, 248, 325

Berry, Wallace, 223

The Birth of Tragedy,, 38, 76–77, 105, 120, 123, 124n4, 124n6, 129–130, 132–133, 135–137, 139, 141–146, 150n1, 150n3, 150n18, 151n22, 151n25, 156, 260n17, 287n14, 295, 300

Blake, William, 63

Bohr, Niels, 3

Bolcom, William, 61

Bolero, 188

Book of Imaginary Beings,, 82, 98n5

Borges, Jorge Luis, 81–88, 95, 98nn4–5, 98n13, 117, 119, 208

Bosch, Heironymus, 204

Brahms, Johannes, 16, 60, 231

Brecht, Bertolt, 163

Breisach, Ernst, 218–219, 239n2, 266–267, 272, 277, 287n11

Britten, Benjamin, 60–61

Bruch, Max, 202–203

Büchner, Georg, 295, 299–302, 304–305, 307, 311n12

Caccini, Giulio, 110–111

Cage, John, 60, 202, 279, 325

Calder, Alexander, 63

Camerata, 106–108, 111, 119, 124n10, 125n14

capitalism, 278, 329

Caravaggio, 63

catharsis, 33, 122, 126n31

Catholic Church, 191, 198n14

causa sui,, 299–300

Cavalieri, Emilio de, 110–111, 125n14

certainty, 47, 96, 108, 143, 182, 189, 195, 221, 287n11

chimera, 158

Christo, 248, 251, 259n6

chromatic, 244, 268, 304

chthonic, 140

Clarke, Arthur C., 2–3

Classical, x, 1–2, 6, 9, 11–12, 15, 20–21, 27–28, 30–34, 36, 38n11, 47, 51, 59, 62, 68, 69n1, 73–74, 76–77, 89, 93, 96, 114, 122, 140, 144–145, 151n21, 156, 181, 187, 202–205, 209, 211–212, 227, 232–233, 249, 255, 278–279, 285, 293, 299, 304, 313, 316, 320, 322–323, 325–331, 333

Cliffs Notes,, 7, 120

coercion, 255, 298, 309

coherence, 176

concrete, 75, 133, 160–162, 206, 247

constellation, 14, 259n2, 272–275, 285, 317

construction, 5, 74, 88–89, 91–92, 107, 110, 121, 124n2, 124n9, 135, 139, 170–171, 179, 184–185, 194n1, 226, 230–232, 236, 244, 255, 257–258, 275, 283, 292, 299, 302, 305–307, 317, 319

contemporary, 11–12, 22, 59, 63, 70, 91, 106, 117–118, 129, 142–143, 147, 205, 228, 237, 259nn2–3, 264, 280, 285, 316