German Essays on Music Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch, Thomas Mann, and others [Paperback]

Up to the end of the nineteenth century, Germany largely perceived itself as the nation of poets and philosophers. But with the enormous popularity of Schubert and Wagner, this began to change. Suddenly, composers also began to play a greater role in theories of national identity, and music theory became and important element of German thought. The essays in this volume reflect this, and are by a range of writers: Adorno, Bloch, Thomas Mann, Wachenroder, Herder, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Hegel, Bettina von Arnim, Nietzsche, Max Weber, Brecht, and others.

Introduction: Jost Hermand

CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB LUDWIG
From An Attempt to Prove That a Musical Play or Opera Cannot Be Good (1734)
Translated by Michael Gilbert

KARL WILHELM RAMLER
In Defense of the Operas (1756)
Translated by Michael Gilbert

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH DANIEL SCHUBART
Concerning Musical Genius (1784)
Translated by Richard W. Harpster
Concerning Musical Expression (1784)
Translated by Ted Alan DuBois

IMMANUEL KANT
The Division of the Fine Arts (1790)
Translated by James Creed Meredith

JOHANN GEORG SULZER
Expression in Music (1792-1794)
Music (1794)
Translated by Peter Le Huray and James Day

WILHELM HEINRICH WACKENRODER
The Marvels of the Musical Art (1799)
Translated by Mary Hurst Schubert

JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER
Music, an Art of Humanity (1802)
Translated by Edward A. Lippman

JOHANN NICKOLAUS FORKEL
Bach the Composer (1802)
The Genius of Bach (1802)
Translated by Charles Sanford Terry

E.T.A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) HOFFMANN
Beethoven's Instrumental Music (1813)
Translated by Oliver Strunk

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