Musical Form in the Age of Beethoven: Selected Writings on Theory and Method

by A.B. Marx

Book Overview

A. B. Marx was one of the most important German music theorists of his time. Drawing on idealist aesthetics and the ideology of Bildung, he developed a holistic pedagogical method as well as a theory of musical form that gives pride of place to Beethoven. This volume offers a generous selection of the most salient of his writings, the majority presented here in English for the first time. It features Marx's oft-cited but little understood material...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521026784
• ISBN13: 9780521026789
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"