Music and Decadence in European Modernism

by Stephen Downes

Decadence is a crucial yet often misunderstood aspect of European modernism. This book demonstrates how decadence as an idea, style or topic informs Central and Eastern European music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Combining close analysis with hermeneutic interpretation and cultural critique, Stephen Downes examines works by composers including Wagner, Richard Strauss, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Mahler and Bart k, considering structural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521767571
• ISBN13: 9780521767576
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"