Program music 1970s in particular experimented with program music, among which was Rush's "Jacob's Ladder" (1980), which shows clear influences of Smetana's "Má vlast" ("My Homeland") (1874-1879). In addition, Rush's songs "Xanadu", "Red Barchetta", and "YYZ" also show their experimentalism with program music, as do parts of "2112", particularly the discovery scene. Composers and some theorists argue that there is indeed no such thing as true "absolute ("ars gratia artis") music" and that music always at least conveys or evokes emotions. While non-professional listeners often claim that music has meaning (to them), "new" musicologists, such as Susan McClary (1999), argue that so-called
Ars Amatoria college courses on Latin literature. It is possible that Edmond Rostand's fictionalized portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac makes an allusion to the "Ars amatoria": the theme of the erotic and seductive power of poetry is highly suggestive of Ovid's poem, and Bergerac's nose, a distinguishing feature invented by Rostand, calls to mind Ovid's cognomen, Naso (from "nasus", 'large-nosed'). Ars Amatoria The Ars amatoria () is an instructional elegy series in three books by the ancient Roman poet Ovid. It was written in 2 CE. Book one of "Ars amatoria" was written to show a man how to find a woman.