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Author Witkin, Robert W. (Robert Winston)

Title Adorno on music / Robert W. Witkin
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 213 pages)
Series International library of sociology
International library of sociology
Contents Musica moralia -- Society in sonata-form -- Beethoven late and soon -- Wagner -- Breaking the code -- Mahler and Berg -- Schoenberg -- Stravinsky -- The culture industry and all that jazz -- Taking a critical line for a walk
Summary Adorno is one of the leading cultural thinkers of the twentieth century. This is the first detailed account of Adorno's texts on music from a sociological perspective. In clear, non-technical language, Robert Witkin guides the reader through the complexities of Adorno's argument about the link between music and morality and between musical works and social structure. It was largely through these works Adorno established the right of the arts to be acknowledged as a moral and critical force in the development of a modern society. By recovering them for non-musicologists, Witkin adds immeasurabl
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969
Adorno, Theodor W.
Music -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Music -- Social aspects.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
Adorno -- Theodor W. -- Theodor Wiesengrund -- 1903-1969 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music and society.
Music and morals.
Music -- Moral and ethical aspects
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Music -- Social aspects
Musikphilosophie
Muzieksociologie.
Muziek.
Maatschappij.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN 9781136215377
1136215379
9781315006048
1315006049