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Mahler A Musical Physiognomy (Theodor W. Adorno)

• Tytuł: Mahler A Musical Physiognomy
• Autor: Theodor W. Adorno
• Wydawca: University of Chicago Press
• Data wydania: 1996-08-15
• Oprawa: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780226007694
• Ilość stron: 188
• Język: Angielski
• Wymiary: 135 x 215 x 13.21mm
• Waga: 240g

OPIS:

Theodor W. Adornos classic study of Gustav Mahlers music defies traditional thematic analysis which according to Adorno misses the musics substance in its preoccupation with procedure. He reaches beyond the boundaries of conventional analysis for an understanding of the music through the composers character his historical philosophical and social background and his moment in musical history. First published in German in 1960 this ground-breaking work quickly established itself as a bold new form of musical interpretation expanding the framework in which the composers character and through this his creations are more fully understood. Adorno illuminates his argument through evocative metaphors vivid images and unusual comparisons. The result is a densely layered anti-systematic interpretation that reveals as much about Adorno as it does about his subject. One of the most original and highly regarded of modern musical commentators and among the first to call himself a sociologist of music Adorno was a philosopher cultural critic and composer. His unique critical method illuminated music by relating it to history and social milieu. He held that music was a nonconceptual language that represented yet transcended the social world in music and art aesthetic value and social relevance were necessarily united. The essential themes of his Marxism - reification fetishism the emancipatory role of art and the dialectical relationship of affirmation and negation - were alive in even the most formal works of art. In Mahlers A Musical Physiognomy Adorno views the composers works as a continuous and unified development from his childhood response to the marches and folktunes of the Bohemian village where he was born. But despite its traditional roots Mahlers music intentionally breaks the balance of established musical language.