How music expresses ideas / Sidney Finkelstein.

Author/creator Finkelstein, Sidney
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : International Publishers, [1952]
Description128 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents Music and human images: the origins of music in early society -- Village, court, and church: composer and folk musician in the middle ages -- The composer as artist and artisan: the anti-feudal struggle within Bach's works and behind Mozart's mask of comedy -- Pure music and social conflict: the democratic spirit in Beethoven's symphonies -- Art for art's sake and the Philistines: music on the market place; Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt -- Reaction in life, progress in art: Wagner's mystic symbolism and Brahms's pessimism -- Music and national freedom: Verdi, the Russian "Five", Tchaikovsky, and the Beethoven tradition -- How modern is modern? The disintegration of meaning; Schoenberg and Stravinsky -- Music and socialism: Bartok, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Soviet music criticism -- Music in the United States: folk music, "art" music, and the music of the negro people.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and glossary of music terms.
LCCN 52007579

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML60.F53 H6 1952 ✔ Available Place Hold