Foreword and Front Matter
Nota Bene Editors-in-Chief

Less is More, and More is Less, More or Less: The Historical Progression, Aesthetic Characteristics, and Physical Limitations of Minimalism
Sam Boer

Sonic Stereotypes: Jazz and Racial Signification in American Film and Television Soundtracks
Kyle Jackson

Harmonic Language in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Nicholas Gervais

Anton Weidinger and the Emergence of His Voice: The Keyed Trumpet
Jeremy W. Sexton

The Bayreuth Festspielhaus: The Metaphysical Manifestation of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
Matthew Timmermans

Lustmord or Liebestod? Death in Ernst Krenek and Oskar Kokoschka's Orpheus und Eurydike
Leo Harrington