Music, criticism, and the challenge of history : shaping modern musical thought in late nineteenth-century Vienna / Kevin C. Karnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karnes, Kevin, 1972-

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Series:

AMS studies in music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935.

Adler, Guido, 1855-1941.

Hanslick, Eduard, 1825-1904.

Musicology--Austria--Vienna--History--19th century.

Musicology.

Music theory--Austria--Vienna--History--19th century.

Music theory.

Musical criticism--Austria--Vienna--History--19th century.

Musical criticism.

Hanslick, Eduard, 1825-1904--Criticism and interpretation.

Hanslick, Eduard.

Adler, Guido, 1855-1941--Criticism and interpretation.

Adler, Guido.

Schenker, Heinrich, 1868-1935--Criticism and interpretation.

Schenker, Heinrich.

Criticism and interpretation.

History.

Austria--Vienna.

Physical Description:

xiii, 214 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Introduction : The spirit of positivism and the search for alternatives: musicology and criticism at the end of the nineteenth century

Eduard Hanslick and the challenge of Musikwissenschaft. Forgotten histories and uncertain legacies ; Music criticism as living history

Heinrich Schenker and the challenge of criticism. Music analysis as critical method ; Composer, critic, and the problem of creativity

Guido Adler and the problem of science. A science of music for an ambivalent age ; German music in an age of positivism

Epilogue: into the twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

9780195368666

0195368665

OCLC:

175057265