Listening for Utopia in Ernst Bloch's Musical Philosophy

Name: Listening for Utopia in Ernst Bloch's Musical Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780521896153

ISBN-10: 0521896150

ISBN-13: 9780521896153

Edition: 2010

Authors: Benjamin M. Korstvedt

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This title makes Bloch's musical thought accessible to modern musical scholars by deciphering its conceptual bases. Korstvedt uses ideas derived from Bloch as the starting point for critical essays on Wagner, Mozart, Bruckner and Brahms.

Book details

List price: $109.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/1/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 234
Size: 7.17" wide x 10.04" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Bloch's Teppich: an initial approach



On the genealogy of the Teppich: metaphor before Bloch



The conceptual constellation of Bloch's musical philosophy



Entering Bloch's musical system



Wagner's animal lyricism



Bloch's vision of the armored men, or the limits of enlightenment



The achievement of symphonic authenticity



Epilogue: an atheism of presence and absence


Bibliography