Theodor Adorno Quasi Una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Music

Theodor Adorno Quasi Una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Music (Radical Thinkers)

This collection covers a wide range of topics, from a moving study of Bizetâ€™s Carmen to an entertainingly caustic exploration of the hierarchies of the auditorium. Especially significant is Adornoâ€™s â€œdialectical portraitâ€ of Stravinsky, in which Adorno both reconsiders and refines his damning indictment of the composer in Philosophy on Modern Music. Throughout, Adorno is sustained by the conviction that music is supremely human because it is capable of communicating inhumanity while resisting it. His belief in the benevolent and transformative power of music reverberates throughout these writings.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
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Color White
ReleaseDate 2012-01-16
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EANs 9781844677924

Theodor Adorno Quasi Una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Music (Radical Thinkers)