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Zusatztext This elegantly written book is not so much a monument to musical monumentality as an archeology of a neglected and half-forgotten concept. With his virtuosic command of historical and theoretical tools, Rehding excavates several sites - some familiar, others obscure - unearthing the complex cultural mechanisms of this deceptively simple aesthetic in order to demonstrate its foundational significance in the formation of German identity. The sounding monument may be an outmoded aesthetic in the twenty-first century; by exploring its history, however, Rehding not only lays bare its past but demonstrates how it still determines our cultural practices today. This is an important book, rich in detail yet broad in scope, and should be widely read. Informationen zum Autor Alexander Rehding is the Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University, an affiliate of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and an associate at the Center for European Studies. His research specializes in nineteenth-century music and in history of music theory. He is author of Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought. Klappentext This critical study locates musical monumentality, a central property of the nineteenth-century German repertoire, at the intersections of aesthetics and memory. In examples including Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner and Bruckner, Rehding explores how monumentality contributes to an experiential music history and how it conveys the sublime to the listening public. Zusammenfassung This critical study locates musical monumentality, a central property of the nineteenth-century German repertoire, at the intersections of aesthetics and memory. In examples including Beethoven, Liszt, Wagner and Bruckner, Rehding explores how monumentality contributes to an experiential music history and how it conveys the sublime to the listening public. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Preface Introduction - Facets of musical monumentality Chapter 1 - Musical Apotheoses Chapter 2 - Sounding Souvenirs Chapter 3 - Classical Values Chapter 4 - Collective Historia Chapter 5 - Faustian Descents Epilogue - Beethoven's Ninth at the Wall Bibliography Index ...
