Beethoven: The Philosophy of Music

图书标准信息

• 作者 Theodor W. Adorno 著
• 出版社 Polity Press
• 出版时间 2002-08
• ISBN 9780745630458
• 定价 213.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Beethovenisaclassicstudyofthecomposer'smusic,writtenbyoneofthemostimportantthinkersofourtime.Throughouthislife,Adornowroteextensivenotes,essayfragmentsandaides-memoiresonthesubjectofBeethoven'smusic.ThisbookbringstogetherallofBeethoven'smusicinrelationtothesocietyinwhichhelived.
AdornoidentifiesthreeperiodsinBeethoven'swork,arguingthatthethematicunityofthefirstandsecondperiodsbeginstobreakdowninthethird.AdornofollowsthisprogressivedisintegrationoforganicunityintheclassicalmusicofBeethovenandhiscontemporaries,linkingitwiththerationalityandmonopolisticnatureofmodernsociety.
Beethovenwillbewelcomedbystudentsandresearchersinawiderangeofdisciplines-philosophy,sociology,musicandhistory-andbyanyoneinterestedinthelifeofthecomposer.