The idea of absolute music / Carl Dahlhaus ; translated by Roger Lustig.
| Author/creator | Dahlhaus, Carl |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989. |
| Description | x, 176 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Translation of: Die Idee der absoluten Musik. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-171) and index. |
| Other title | Idee der absoluten Musik. |
| LCCN | 89004829 |
| ISBN | 0226134865 (alk. paper) : |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3854.D3413 1989 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |