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Using an approach to music informed by T. W. Adorno, this book examines the real-world, political significance of seemingly abstracted things like musical and literary forms.

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"Taking up longstanding debates on the politics of modernist aesthetics, Gemma Moss frames her lines of inquiry brilliantly through Adorno.? Her understanding of music is crucial to her breakthrough understandings.? This is a book that will make a significant difference in our reading and listening to modernism at work in the world." -Vincent Sherry, Washington University in St Louis

Modernism Music and the Politics of Aesthetics

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/02/2023
      ISBN13: 9781474429917, 978-1474429917
      ISBN10: 1474429912
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using an approach to music informed by T. W. Adorno, this book examines the real-world, political significance of seemingly abstracted things like musical and literary forms.

      Trade Review
      "Taking up longstanding debates on the politics of modernist aesthetics, Gemma Moss frames her lines of inquiry brilliantly through Adorno.? Her understanding of music is crucial to her breakthrough understandings.? This is a book that will make a significant difference in our reading and listening to modernism at work in the world." -Vincent Sherry, Washington University in St Louis

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