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Bach´s Cycle, Mozart´s Arrow: An Essay on the Origins of Musical Modernity
Karol Berger
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Description for Bach´s Cycle, Mozart´s Arrow: An Essay on the Origins of Musical Modernity
Paperback. Presents musical case studies of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven with a survey of philosophical, theological, and literary trends that influenced the artists during the period. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 b/w photographs, 7 tables, 44 music examples. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 610.
In this erudite and elegantly composed argument, Karol Berger uses the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to support two groundbreaking claims: first, that it was only in the later eighteenth century that music began to take the flow of time from the past to the future seriously; second, that this change in the structure of musical time was an aspect of a larger transformation in the way educated Europeans began to imagine and think about time with the onset of modernity, a part of a shift from the premodern Christian outlook to the modern post-Christian world view. Until ... Read more
In this erudite and elegantly composed argument, Karol Berger uses the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to support two groundbreaking claims: first, that it was only in the later eighteenth century that music began to take the flow of time from the past to the future seriously; second, that this change in the structure of musical time was an aspect of a larger transformation in the way educated Europeans began to imagine and think about time with the onset of modernity, a part of a shift from the premodern Christian outlook to the modern post-Christian world view. Until ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
610g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520257979
SKU
V9780520257979
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About Karol Berger
Karol Berger is the Osgood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts at Stanford University. His books include A Theory of Art (2000) .
Reviews for Bach´s Cycle, Mozart´s Arrow: An Essay on the Origins of Musical Modernity
[A] tautly constructed and thought-provoking new study. Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Illuminating. Notes Exceptionally interesting and full of insights.
Marina Ritzarev European Legacy [A] formidably learned and wittily expressed book.
Mary Hunter Modernism/Modernity Rich tapestry of cultural history. Journal American Musicological Soci As an explanation of the tenets ... Read more
Marina Ritzarev European Legacy [A] formidably learned and wittily expressed book.
Mary Hunter Modernism/Modernity Rich tapestry of cultural history. Journal American Musicological Soci As an explanation of the tenets ... Read more