Author: Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund; Introduction: Hailey, Christopher
Paperback
174 pages
Published: September 1994
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521338840
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Adorno's study of Austrian composer Alban Berg (1885-1935) is a sui generis document. In addition to Adorno's personal account of of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend, and composition teacher, the book explores the historical and cultural significance of Berg's music, its relationship to that of other nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers, and to the larger issues of contemporary life.This study of Alban Berg is a personal account, by a philosopher and aesthetician, of the life and musical works of his mentor, friend and teacher. It provides a key to understanding Adorno himself, as well as offering an individual perspective on one of the major composers of the 20th century.