The Idea of Absolute Music (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226134871)

With a characteristically broad and provocative treatment, Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints.

"Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of music."-Robert P. Morgan, Yale University

Carl Dahlhaus (1928-1989) is the author of a highly influential body of works on the foundations of music history and aesthetics.

Author: Carl Dahlhaus
ISBN-10: 0226134873
ISBN-13: 9780226134871
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 08/13/1991
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.03h x 5.18w x 0.58d