Music and the aesthetics of modernity : essays / edited by Karol Berger & Anthony Newcomb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berger, Karol, 1947-

Newcomb, Anthony, 1941-2018.

Brinkmann, Reinhold, 1934-2010.

Series:

Isham Library papers ; 6.

Harvard publications in music ; 21.

Harvard publications in music ; 21

Isham Library papers ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics--Congresses.

Music.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Modernism (Music)--Congresses.

Modernism (Music).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xviii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, Dept. of Music : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2005.

Summary:

For most music historians, the modernism of the twentieth century was until recently the only appearance of the "modern" in music. The widely perceived recent decline of musical modernism makes it now possible to see the modernism of the twentieth century as a chapter in a much longer story, the story of musical modernity. The principal purpose of the present book is to encourage a debate over musical modernity; a debate that would consider the question whether, and to what extent, an examination of the history of European art music may enrich our picture of modernity and whether our understanding of music's development may be transformed by insights into the nature of modernity provided by other historical disciplines.

This book had its origin in a conference that took place at the Music Department of Harvard University on November 9-11, 2001 to honor Professor Reinhold Brinkmann.

Notes:

Papers presented at a symposium held at the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall of the Harvard Music Department, Nov. 9-11, 2001.

"In honor of Reinhold Brinkmann"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0964031728

OCLC:

56526494