Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory
(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series and Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)
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As illustrated in Goethe's famous novel of the same name, elective affinities are powerful relationships that crystallize under changing conditions. In this new book, Lydia Goehr focuses on the history of elective affinities between philosophy and music from German classicism, romanticism, and idealism to the modernist aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno and Arthur C. Danto. Aesthetic theory, she argues, depends on a dynamic philosophy of history...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231144814
ISBN13:9780231144810
Release Date:September 2011
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:408 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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