The Idea of Absolute Music

by Carl Dahlhaus

Book Overview

With a characteristically broad and provocative treatment, Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints.

"Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of music."-Robert P. Morgan, Yale University

Carl Dahlhaus (1928-1989) is the author...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226134873
• ISBN13: 9780226134871
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"