The Quest for Voice: On Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy : The 1997 Ernest Bloch Lectures - Hardcover
Concentrating on the music, politics, and philosophy of Richard Wagner, Lydia Goehr addresses some fundamental questions of German Romanticism: Is all music musical? Is music made less musical by the presence of words? What is musical autonomy? How do composers avoid censorship? How are composers affected by exile? Can music articulate a 'politics for the future'? What is the relation between music and philosophy?
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"This is the work of a distinguished philosopher and a well-trained musician with a sophisticated sense of history. If the musical and the musicological world were inhabited by Goehrs, it would be a far, far better place. The message of this book deserves the widest possible dissemination."—Richard Taruskin, author of Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions
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Lydia Goehr, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York.
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0198166141
- ISBN 13 9780198166146
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages247
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The Quest for Voice: On Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy. The 1997 Ernest Bloch Lectures.
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