Eduard Hanslick's On the musically beautiful : a new translation / Lee Rothfarb and Christoph Landerer.
| Author/creator | Hanslick, Eduard author. |
| Other author | Rothfarb, Lee Allen, translator, author. |
| Other author | Landerer, Christoph, translator, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource : illustrations, music |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Vom Musikalisch-Schòˆnen. English |
| Portion of title | On the musically beautiful |
| Contents | Aesthetics of feeling -- "Representation of feelings" is not the content of music -- Musically beautiful -- Analysis of the subjective impression of music -- Aesthetic compared to pathological perception of music -- Relation of music to nature -- Concepts "content" and "form" in music. |
| Abstract | "Eduard Hanslick's On the Musically Beautiful (Vom Musikalisch-Schönen, 1854), written and published before the author turned 30, is a watershed document in the history of aesthetics, and of thought about music generally. The notion of 'absolute music,' which lies at the heart of the treatise, is now more than ever at the center of discussions about music, particularly that of the Classic and Romantic eras. Rothfarb and Landerer's translation includes three introductory essays offering fresh perspectives on Hanslick, and on the origins, publications, and translation history of his treatise, as well as its central concepts and philosophical underpinnings. The volume also includes thorough annotations, a readers' guide, a glossary of important terms and concepts, and an appendix, which comprises the original opening of Chapter 1, substantially rewritten in subsequent editions, as well as the original ending of the treatise that was excised by Hanslick in later editions. The book's ideas, cogently and often wittily expressed, are mandatory reading for anyone interested in eighteenth and nineteenth-century music and its cultural and intellectual background" -- Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Hanslick, Eduard, 1825-1904. Vom Musikalisch-Schòˆnen. English. Eduard Hanslick's On the musically beautiful. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190698188 |
| ISBN | 9780190698195 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0190698195 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (alkaline paper) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |