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Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy
Theodor W. Adorno goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through his character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. Adorno examines the composer's works as a continuous and unified development that began with his childhood response to the marches and folk tunes of his native...more
Paperback, 188 pages
Published
August 15th 1996
by University of Chicago Press
(first published December 1st 1976)
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Adorno writes so beautifully and precisely about music that it really is the next best thing to actually hearing it. I think he gets to the heart of Mahler as an antagonistic outsider dealing with the decaying and disintegrating scraps of civilization, and he illustrates it with copious musical examples. Some of his descriptions illuminate Mahler's work as a whole with more clarity and poetry than I could imagine, like some of my favorite passages:
"The image corresponding to bre...more
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In my view, a FAR better account of Mahler's creative genius and social importance (ie, in a constructive, progressive sense) than that provided by Stuart Feder in Gustav Mahler: A Life in Crisis. Much of Adorno's writing was lost on me, as he often discussed musical theory, with which I am hardly familiar--but his social/philosophical interpretations of Mahler are fantastic and, I would say, much-needed in our world.
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Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno (September 11, 1903 – August 6, 1969) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist. He was a member of the Frankfurt School of social theory along with Max Horkheimer, Herbert Marcuse, Jürgen Habermas, and others. He was also the Music Director of the Radio Project from 1937 to 1941, in the U.S.
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