Poetry and the Romantic Musical Aesthetic (Hardcover)

James H. Donelan describes how two poets, a philosopher and a composer - Hoelderlin, Wordsworth, Hegel and Beethoven - developed an idea of self-consciousness based on music at the turn of the nineteenth century. This idea became an enduring cultural belief: the understanding of music as an ideal representation of the autonomous creative mind. Against a background of political and cultural upheaval, these four major figures - all born in 1770 - developed this idea in both metaphorical and actual musical structures, thereby establishing both the theory and the practice of asserting self-identity in music. Beethoven still carries the image of the heroic composer today; this book describes how it originated in both his music and in how others responded to him. Bringing together the fields of philosophy, musicology, and literary criticism, Donelan shows how this development emerged from the complex changes in European cultural life taking place between 1795 and 1831.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	James H. Donelan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-88761-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-88761-5
Barcode:	9780521887618

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