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This book is born out of two contradictions: first, it explores the making of meaning in a musical form that was made to lose its meaning at the turn of the nin
Music Theory in the Age of Romanticism
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Twelve brilliant historians of theory probe the mind of the Romantic era in its thinking about music.
The Idea of Absolute Music
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Authors: Carl Dahlhaus
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-08-13 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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This volume examines a single music-aesthetical idea from various historical and philosophical backgrounds. In exploring the origins of the idea and its career
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Is Language a Music?
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If music is a universal language, is language a universal music?