Music as thought : listening to the symphony in the age of Beethoven

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Music as thought : listening to the symphony in the age of Beethoven

Title remainder

listening to the symphony in the age of Beethoven

Statement of responsibility

Mark Evan Bonds

Creator

• Bonds, Mark Evan

Subject

• Beethoven -- Ludwig van | 1770-1827 | Criticism and interpretation
• Deutschland
• Electronic books
• MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Classical
• Music -- 18th century
• Music -- 19th century
• Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
• Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
• 1800-1899
• Music appreciation
• Musikästhetik
• Rezeption
• Sinfonie
• Symphony
• Symphony
• Symphony -- 19th century
• Music appreciation

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

Before the nineteenth century, instrumental music was considered inferior to vocal music. Kant described wordless music as "more pleasure than culture," and Rousseau dismissed it for its inability to convey concepts. But by the early 1800s, a dramatic shift was under way. Purely instrumental music was now being hailed as a means to knowledge and embraced precisely because of its independence from the limits of language. What had once been perceived as entertainment was heard increasingly as a vehicle of thought. Listening had become a way of knowing. Music as Thought traces the roots of this f

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digitized

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N$T

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography