Beethoven & freedom / Daniel KL Chua.

Author
Chua, Daniel K. L., 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xi, 273 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

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    By exploring the musical philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno through a wide range of the composer's music, 'Beethoven and Freedom' arrives at a markedly different vision of freedom. Author Daniel KL Chua suggests that a more human and fragile concept of freedom can be found in the music that has less to do with the autonomy of the will and its stoical corollary than with questions of human relation, donation, and a yielding to radical alterity. Chua's work makes a major and controversial statement by challenging the current image of Beethoven, and by suggesting an alterior freedom that can speak ethically to the twenty-first century.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index.
    Other title(s)
    Beethoven and freedom
    ISBN
    • 9780199769322 ((hardcover : alk. paper))
    • 019976932X ((hardcover : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016031686
    OCLC
    953576419
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