Essays on Music (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520226722)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and-more than any other subject-music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of qualitative musical sociology which, together with his nuanced intertextual readings of musical works, gives him broad claim as a continuing force in the study of music. This long-awaited collection of twenty-seven essays represents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Nearly half of the essays appear in English for the first time; all of the essays are fully annotated; and the previously translated essays have been corrected and missing text restored, making this volume the definitive resource on Adorno's musical thought.

Author: Theodor Adorno
ISBN-10: 0520226720
ISBN-13: 9780520226722
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2002
Pages: 760
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.49lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.32w x 2.13d

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 10/24/2002 pg. 59