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Esthetics of music / Carl Dahlhaus ; translated by William W. Austin.

Author/creator Dahlhaus, Carl, 1928-1989
Other author/creatorAustin, William W.
Format Book and Print
EditionEnglish ed.
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Descriptionxii, 115 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Uniform titleMusikästhetik. English
Parallel title Aesthetics of music
Contents Historical starting-points -- Music as text and work of art -- Changing phases of the esthetics of emotion -- Emancipation of instrumental music -- Judgments of art and of taste -- Genius, enthusiasm, technique -- Affection and idea -- Dialectics of 'sounding inwardness' -- The quarrel over formalism -- Program music -- Tradition and reform in opera -- Esthetics and history -- Toward the phenomenology of music -- Standards of criticism.
General noteTranslation of: Musikästhetik.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 101-112) and index.
LCCN 81010080
ISBN0521235081
ISBN0521280079

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