"Karol Berger may have gone further than any other scholar before
him--and very successfully so--in teasing out the historicity of
music in a way that makes his discoveries convergent with the
historicity of other media and art forms. In its argumentative
brilliance, Berger's approach enhances our aesthetic pleasure in
listening to music."--Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Albert Guerard
Professor in Literature, Stanford University
"This is a major work by a major scholar. Berger is unique; there
is something uncanny about his powers of synthesis and his quality
of insight. No one else can relate, as he does, the closest
technical analysis of music to the broadest questions of
philosophy."--Richard Taruskin, author of "The Oxford History of
Western Music"
"This book is an event. The musical styles of Bach and Mozart are
admirably contrasted to illustrate an epochal shift in the cultural
construction of time occurring around 1750. Berger combines careful
musical analysis with grand perspectives on the plane of cultural
theory and the history of ideas. The intellectual world has long
been waiting for musicology to open up to the "cultural turn" that
other disciplines of the humanities took long ago: here is a book
which can serve as a model."--Jan Assmann author of "Die
Zauberflote: Oper und Mysterium"
General
| Imprint: |
University of California Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2007 |
| First published: |
September 2008 |
| Authors: |
Karol Berger
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-520-25797-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Music >
General
Books >
Music >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-520-25797-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780520257979 |
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