The Idea of Absolute Music

by Carl Dahlhaus, Roger Lustig (Translation)

With a characteristically broad and provocative treatment, Dahlhaus examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical viewpoints.

"Essential reading for anyone interested in the larger intellectual framework in which Romantic music found its place, a framework that to a remarkable degree has continued to shape our image of music."—Robert P. Morgan, Yale University

Carl Dahlhaus (1928-1989) is the author of a highly influential body of works on the foundations of music history and aesthetics.

Genres: Music, Philosophy

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Luquitas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mucha bibliografía, mucho contenido. Si no sabes mucho es desbordante, si sabes, es repetitivo so I dont really get it, pero la idea general está chula. Quizá sería mejor un artículo comprimido.

[Ingrid · Rating 3 out of 5]

This thorough historiography of the concept of “absolute music” summarizes the key arguments of various writers and philosophers on the subject and traces the development of the music aesthetics of the late Classical, Romantic, and early Modernist periods. Not for casual readers— the translation from the German is at times mind-numbingly dense.