The Idea of Absolute Music
by Carl Dahlhaus
translated by Roger Lustig
University of Chicago Press, 1989
Cloth: 978-0-226-13486-4 | Paper: 978-0-226-13487-1
Library of Congress Classification ML3854.D3413 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.17
ABOUT THIS BOOK
With a characteristically broad and provocative treatment, Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints.
"Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of music."—Robert P. Morgan, Yale University
Carl Dahlhaus (1928-1989) is the author of a highly influential body of works on the foundations of music history and aesthetics.
"Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of music."—Robert P. Morgan, Yale University
Carl Dahlhaus (1928-1989) is the author of a highly influential body of works on the foundations of music history and aesthetics.
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