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Examines the intersection of the public and private meaning of music. This book incorporates the music criticism of Adorno, musical ideas from literary works by Proust, and criticism by Benjamin and de Man, and discusses performers such as Glenn Gould, Arturo Toscanini, and Alfred Brendel and such composers as Beethoven, Wagner, and Strauss.

Musical Elaborations

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/11/1993
      ISBN13: 9780231073196, 978-0231073196
      ISBN10: 0231073194
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      Book Synopsis
      Examines the intersection of the public and private meaning of music. This book incorporates the music criticism of Adorno, musical ideas from literary works by Proust, and criticism by Benjamin and de Man, and discusses performers such as Glenn Gould, Arturo Toscanini, and Alfred Brendel and such composers as Beethoven, Wagner, and Strauss.

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