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Carl Dahlhaus (1928–1989)

Author of Nineteenth-Century Music

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Includes the names: Carl Dalhaus, Carl Dahlhaus

Image credit: Annemarie Dahlhaus

Works by Carl Dahlhaus

Nineteenth-Century Music (1989) 90 copies, 3 reviews
The Idea of Absolute Music (1978) 69 copies, 2 reviews
Foundations of Music History (1977) 59 copies, 1 review
Esthetics of Music (1980) 56 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Wagners Musikdramen (1971) 52 copies
¿Qué es la música? (1985) — Author — 19 copies
Analysis and Value Judgement (1981) 15 copies, 1 review
Funk-Kolleg Musik 2 (1981) 2 copies
E - K (1995) 2 copies
A - D (1995) 2 copies
L - Q (1995) 2 copies
Schoenberg (2017) 1 copy
A - Z (1995) 1 copy

Associated Works

German Essays on Music (1994) — Contributor — 20 copies, 1 review
Lohengrin [Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 7-II-2026] (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy

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24 reviews
This book makes me feel like a muslim: it's so great to have a book which holds the truth, where every question is answered, correctly, completely, and with new openings. The only difference is that with Dahlhaus, that is the case.
Perhaps also endearing, although that may not be the first idea to come into mind with an old German professor. But the way Dahlhaus treats Beethoven and Rossini: he clearly loves Beethoven and deep down thinks less highly of Rossini, he nevertheless tries to treat show more them both with equal respect.
A modern classic, a book that has become a concept in musicological circles ("The nineteenth-century book"). Indispensible.
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Dahlhaus faz o importante trabalho de traçar a origem do conceito de música absoluta, em seus vários usos e antecedentes, citando uma pletora de autores e posições, especialmente onde o conceito circulava mais forte - nos poetas ligados ao idealismo alemão, e em autores germânicos, alguns conhecidos e outros menos. Nisso, ele aponta como a divisão entre música programática e absoluta é mais complexa e confusa do que a princípio aparentaria e os vais e vens de Wagner quanto a show more isso, especialmente com sua subsequente conversão Schopenhaueriana. O livro está então mais preocupado em levantar a origem das posições, citar autores e mostrar conexões, do que aprofundar filosoficamente nestas. Trabalho que ficou como que delegado a alguns leitores aguerridos (creio que Lydia Goehr foi um deles). De especial interesse é a trajetória sobre o que conta como significado musical da música instrumental, em que um espaço semântico vazio passa a significar algo transcendente para uma vez emancipado como passível de sustentar-se, abre-se para o formalismo modernista.

(obs - devido ao sistema obtuso do goodreads inseri sem ISBN o livro - o correto é 84-8236-137-6. é horrível não poder corrigir itens colocado às pressas e com erros por outros)
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This is essentially a lengthy essay that covers the most popular period in music history. Music, aesthetics, cultural history, and politics are all covered. All of this from one of the twentieth century's most important musicologists. A fantastic work with many fascinating facts and strong conclusions.
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This is essentially the entry on Wagner from The New Grove, expanded with additional biographical material by John Deathridge and issued as a very handy little stand-alone reference book for those of us who can't quite justify shelf space for a full set of the parent encyclopaedia. Everything you really need to know about Wagner condensed into 226 pages, including a short biography, a critical appreciation of his prose writings and his major musical works, and extensive tables of works and show more publications. The bibliography of secondary sources probably wouldn't be much use for a serious student, as it's almost thirty years since it was compiled, but there's plenty there to get a non-specialist started. show less

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