The Idea of Absolute Music

Lustig, Roger, Dahlhaus, Carl

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.

EAN

9780226134871

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

13 August 1991

Pages

186