UID:
almahu_9947414618802882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511518348 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in music theory and analysis ; 7
Uniform Title:
Allgemeine Theorie der schönen Künste. Selections
Content:
Can an abstract theory of Empfindsamkeit aesthetics have any value to a musician wishing to study composition in the classical style? The eighteenth-century German theorist and pedagogue Heinrich Koch showed how this question could be answered with a resounding yes. Starting with the systematic aesthetic theory of the Swiss encyclopedist Johann Sulzer, Koch was creatively able to adapt Sulzer's conservative ideas on ethical mimesis and rhetoric to concrete problems of music analysis and composition. In this collaborative study, Thomas Christensen and Nancy Baker have translated and analysed selected writings of Sulzer and Koch respectively, bringing to life a little-known confluence of philosophical and musical thought from the German Enlightenment. Koch's appropriation of Sulzer's ideas to the service of music represents an important development in the evolution of Western musical thought.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
,
pt. 1. General theory of the fine arts : (1771-74), selected articles / Johann Georg Sulzer -- pt. 2. Introductory essay on composition : vol. II (1787) / Heinrich Christoph Koch.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521360357
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511518348
