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A provocative and innovative study of Adorno's writings on Beethoven

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[T]he aim of Michael Spitzer's new book is to explore Beethoven's late style. To this end, he conceives a theory of musical style, one that draws upon topics and issues related to the study of musical meaning, and he frames this theory by means of ideas borrowed from the writings of Theodor Adorno. [This] book will be of interest to three kinds of music scholar: the Beethoven specialist, the theorist of style, and lastly the scholar of Adorno.31.2 Fall 2009

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Away with All Rules?
2. Styles
3. Adorno's Beethoven
4. Late Landscapes
5. Invisible Cities
6. Ways of World Making
7. Kunstvereinigung
8. Caesura of the Classical Style
9. The Persistence of Critical Theory
Conclusion
Appendix

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: MH - Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 6/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780253347244, 978-0253347244
      ISBN10: 0253347246

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A provocative and innovative study of Adorno's writings on Beethoven

      Trade Review

      [T]he aim of Michael Spitzer's new book is to explore Beethoven's late style. To this end, he conceives a theory of musical style, one that draws upon topics and issues related to the study of musical meaning, and he frames this theory by means of ideas borrowed from the writings of Theodor Adorno. [This] book will be of interest to three kinds of music scholar: the Beethoven specialist, the theorist of style, and lastly the scholar of Adorno.31.2 Fall 2009

      * Music Theory Spectrum *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      1. Away with All Rules?
      2. Styles
      3. Adorno's Beethoven
      4. Late Landscapes
      5. Invisible Cities
      6. Ways of World Making
      7. Kunstvereinigung
      8. Caesura of the Classical Style
      9. The Persistence of Critical Theory
      Conclusion
      Appendix

      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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