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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457386903321

Autore

Subotnik Rose Rosengard

Titolo

Deconstructive variations [[electronic resource] ] : music and reason in western society / / Rose Rosengard Subotnik

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1996

ISBN

0-8166-8485-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

781/.1

Soggetti

Music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Music - Social aspects

Musical criticism

Musical analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Whose Magic flute? : intimations of reality at the gates of the Enlightenment -- How could Chopin's A-major prelude be deconstructed? -- Toward a deconstruction of structural listening : a critique of Schoenberg, Adorno, and Stravinsky -- The closing of the American dream? : a musical perspective on Allan Bloom, Spike Lee, and doing the right thing.

Sommario/riassunto

In this sequel to her previous collection, Developing Variations, Subotnik applies the insights of Kant, Adorno, Bakhtin, and Derrida to major works of Mozart and Chopin.