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Schoenberg, Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle (Paperback, 2nd edition): James K. Wright

Schoenberg, Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle (Paperback, 2nd edition)

James K. Wright

Series: Varia Musicologica, 6

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This study examines relativistic aspects of Arnold Schoenberg's harmonic and aesthetic theories in the light of a framework of ideas presented in the early writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the logician, philosopher of language, and Schoenberg's contemporary and Austrian compatriot. The author has identified correspondences between the writings of Schoenberg, the early Wittgenstein (the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, in particular), and the Vienna Circle of philosophers, on a wide range of topics and themes. Issues discussed include the nature and limits of language, musical universals, theoretical conventionalsim, word-to-world correspondence in language, the need for a fact- and comparison-based approach to art criticism, and the nature of music-theoretical formalism and mathematical modeling. Schoenberg and Wittgenstein are shown to have shared a vision that is remarkable for its uniformity and balance, one that points toward the reconciliation of the positivist/relativist dualism that has dominated recent discourse in music theory. Contrary to earlier accounts of Schoenberg's harmonic and aesthetic relativism, this study identifies a solid epistemological core underlying his thought, a view that waw very much in step with Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle, and thereby with the most vigorous and pivotal developments in early twentith century intellectual history.

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Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Varia Musicologica, 6
Release date: February 2007
Authors: James K. Wright
Dimensions: 220 x 150 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 2nd edition
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-911287-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 3-03-911287-2
Barcode: 9783039112876

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