Foundations of music history / Carl Dahlhaus ; translated by J.B. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahlhaus, Carl, 1928-1989.

Standardized Title:

Grundlagen der Musikgeschichte. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Music--Historiography.

Music.

Physical Description:

x, 177 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Summary:

This book is the first thoroughgoing study in any language of the philosophy of music history. Drawing on competing philosophies of history throughout the ages, from the Enlightenment to the French structuralists, from the German idealist tradition to Russian formalism, the late Carl Dahlhaus applies the thoughts of these various schools to the specialist requirements of music history and assesses their advantages and shortcomings. Special attention is given to an appraisal of Marxist critiques of standard music history, showing where traditional approaches are still viable and where they stand in need of rethinking.

Contents:

1 Is history on the decline? 3

2 The significance of art: historical or aesthetic? 19

3 What is a fact of music history? 33

4 Does music history have a 'subject'? 44

5 Historicism and tradition 53

6 Hermeneutics in history 71

7 The value-judgment: object or premise of history? 85

8 The 'relative autonomy' of music history 108

9 Thoughts on structural history 129

10 Problems in reception history 150.

Notes:

Translation of: Grundlagen der Musikgeschichte.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 166-172.

ISBN:

0521232813 :

OCLC:

8532285