Programming the Absolute Nineteenth-Century German Music and the Hermeneutics of the Moment |
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| Author:
| Hoeckner, Berthold |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-00149-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. This work contributes to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music - and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced.
Discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. This work contributes to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music - and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced.