Schenker Project - Culture, Race, and Music Theory in Fin-De-Siecle Vienna

Zusatztext ...one of the most interesting books, I have read for years Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Cook is Professor of Music at Cambridge University. He is the author of articles and books on a wide variety of musicological and theoretical subjects (his Music: A Very Short Introduction has been translated into ten languages). He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2001. Klappentext This book interprets the music theory of Henrich Schenker (1868-1935), as part of a project encompassing musical reform and social and political critique. It sets his work into the contexts of Viennese modernism, German cultural conservatism, and Schenker's position as a Jewish immigrant to the city where modern anti-semitism first developed. Zusammenfassung This book interprets the music theory of Henrich Schenker (1868-1935), as part of a project encompassing musical reform and social and political critique. It sets his work into the contexts of Viennese modernism, German cultural conservatism, and Schenker's position as a Jewish immigrant to the city where modern anti-semitism first developed.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Cook, Nicholas (Prof. Of Music Cook
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2007
• EAN: 9780195170566
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517056-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Cultural Studies, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, MUSIC / Religious / Jewish, Jewish Studies, Theory of music & musicology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Theory of music and musicology, Social groups: religious groups and communities