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Music has been seen since the Romantic era as the quintessentially temporal art, possessing a unique capacity to invoke the human experience of time. The Melody of Time explores the multiple ways in which music may provide insight into the problematics of time, spanning the dynamic century between Beethoven and Elgar.

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At once a deeply engaged historical study

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Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Time and Transcendence in Beethoven's late Piano Sonatas ; 2. Music, Time and Philosophy ; 3. Memory and Nostalgia in Schubert's Instrumental Music ; 4. Temporality in Russian Music and the Ideology of History ; 5. La sonate cyclique and the Structures of Time ; 6. Elgar's The Music Makers and the Spirit of Time ; Bibliography ; Index

Melody of Time Music and Temporality in the Romantic Era

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780190206055, 978-0190206055
      ISBN10: 0190206055
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Music has been seen since the Romantic era as the quintessentially temporal art, possessing a unique capacity to invoke the human experience of time. The Melody of Time explores the multiple ways in which music may provide insight into the problematics of time, spanning the dynamic century between Beethoven and Elgar.

      Trade Review
      At once a deeply engaged historical study

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Time and Transcendence in Beethoven's late Piano Sonatas ; 2. Music, Time and Philosophy ; 3. Memory and Nostalgia in Schubert's Instrumental Music ; 4. Temporality in Russian Music and the Ideology of History ; 5. La sonate cyclique and the Structures of Time ; 6. Elgar's The Music Makers and the Spirit of Time ; Bibliography ; Index

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