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The idea of absolute music / Carl Dahlhaus ; translated by Roger Lustig.

Author/creator Dahlhaus, Carl, 1928-1989
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.
Descriptionx, 176 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Absolute music.
Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music--19th century --History and criticism.
Contents Translator's introduction -- 1. Absolute music as an esthetic paradigm -- 2. The history of the term and its vicissitudes -- 3. A hermeneutic model -- 4. The esthetics of feeling and metaphysics -- 5. Esthetic contemplation as devotion -- 6. Instrumental music and art-religion -- 7. Musical logic and speech character -- 8. On the three cultures of music -- 9. The idea of the musically absolute and the practice of program music -- 10. Absolute music and Poesie Absolue -- Notes -- Index.
General noteTranslation of: Die Idee der absoluten Musik.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 157-171) and index.
Other title Idee der absoluten Musik.
LCCN 89004829
ISBN0226134865 (alk. paper) :

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