Absolute music : the history of an idea /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bonds, Mark Evan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Absolute music. Music > Philosophy and aesthetics. MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Orpheus and Pythagoras
Isomorphic resonance
Expression. The separation of powers ; Music and language ; Music as language ; Mimesis
Beauty
Form. Form as number ; Form as content
Autonomy. Material autonomy ; Ethical autonomy
Disclosure. The composer as oracle ; Beautiful insights ; Cosmic insights
Wagner's "absolute" music
Hanslick's "pure" music. Hanslick the conventional ; Hanslick the radical ; Hanslick the ambivalent
Liszt's "program" music
Polemics
Reconciliation
Qualities recast. Expression ; Beauty ; Form ; Autonomy ; Disclosure ; Epilogue : since 1945.