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E.T.A. Hoffmann's Musical Aesthetics (Paperback)
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E.T.A. Hoffmann's Musical Aesthetics (Paperback)
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Whilst E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) is most widely known as the
author of fantastic tales, he was also prolific as a music critic,
productive as a composer, and active as a conductor. This book
examines Hoffmann's aesthetic thought within the broader context of
the history of ideas of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth
centuries, and explores the relationship between his musical
aesthetics and compositional practice. The first three chapters
consider his ideas about creativity and aesthetic appreciation in
relation to the thought of other German romantic theorists,
discussing the central tenets of his musical aesthetic - the idea
of a 'religion of art', of the composer as a 'genius', and the
listener as a 'passive genius'. In particular the relationship
between the multifaceted thought of Hoffmann and Friedrich
Schleiermacher is explored, providing some insight into the way in
which diverse intellectual traditions converged in
early-nineteenth-century Germany. In the second half of the book,
Hoffmann's dialectical view of music history and his conception of
romantic opera are discussed in relation to his activities as a
composer, with reference to his instrumental music and his two
mature, large-scale operas, Aurora and Undine. The author also
addresses broader issues pertaining to the ideological and
historical significance of Hoffmann's musical and literary oeuvre.
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