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245 10 a| Lectures 1949-1968.n| Volume 1,p| Music, literature and the arts /c| Theodor W. Adorno ; edited by Michael Schwarz ; translated by Nicholas Walker.;

246 3 a| Music, literature and the arts;

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500 a| Originally published in German as Vorträge 1949-1968, herausgegeben von Michael Schwarz. Taken from Nachgelassene Schriften, Abteilung V (Band I): Vorträge und Gespräche.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| On Proustg| (1954) --t| An introduction to the new musicg| (1954) --t| Culture and Kulturg| (1957) --t| Problems of music criticismg| (1958) --t| Musical education todayg| (1962) --t| Improvisations on Wedekindg| (1962) --t| Richard Strauss: questions of compositional techniqueg| (1964) --t| Principles of form in contemporary musicg| (1966) --t| Music in Europe today: Germanyg| (1968) --t| Introduction to a performance of Pierrot lunaireg| (1968).;

520 a| When Theodor W. Adorno returned to Germany from his exile in the United States, he immediately made a name for himself as a leading public intellectual. His widespread influence on the postwar debates was due in part to the public lectures he gave in which he analysed and commented on social, cultural and political developments of the time. This first volume brings together Adorno's lectures given between 1949 and 1968 on music, literature and the arts. With an engaging and improvisational style, Adorno spoke with compelling enthusiasm on subjects as diverse as Marcel Proust's prose, Richard Strauss's composition technique and Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. Germany, restoring its social and intellectual institutions, needed to embrace the new music and writers who had been neglected. To rebuild was taken to mean rediscovery, but Adorno also nurtured a vision of tradition which would attest to society's honestly appraised relationship to the past while it underwent the process of modernization. The volume illustrates Adorno's deep commitment to holding contemporary music and culture to standards commensurate with the aspirations of a modern world emerging from the horrors of war. This volume of his lectures is a unique document of Adorno's startling ability to bring critical theory into dialogue with the times in which he lived.;

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650 0 a| Philosophy, Germany| 20th century.=| ^A36179;

600 10 a| Proust, Marcel,d| 1871-1922x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A26124;

600 10 a| Strauss, Richard,d| 1864-1949x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A17420;

600 10 a| Schoenberg, Arnold,d| 1874-1951.t| Pierrot lunairex| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A495430;

700 1 a| Schwarz, Michaelc| (Archivist)e| editor.=| ^A1485437;

700 1 a| Walker, Nicholas,d| 1954-e| translator.=| ^A1438445;

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Lectures 1949-1968. / Theodor W. Adorno ; edited by Michael Schwarz ; translated by Nicholas Walker.

Author/creator	Adorno, Theodor W.
Other author	Schwarz, Michael (Archivist) editor.
Other author	Walker, Nicholas, 1954- translator.
Format	Book
Edition	English edition.
Publication Info	Cambridge : Polity Press, ©2025.
Description	266 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922--Criticism and interpretation. Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949--Criticism and interpretation. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Pierrot lunaire--Criticism and interpretation. Music--History and criticism. --20th century. Philosophy, German--20th century.

Uniform title	Vorträge 1949-1968. English
Variant title	Music, literature and the arts
Contents	On Proust (1954) -- An introduction to the new music (1954) -- Culture and Kultur (1957) -- Problems of music criticism (1958) -- Musical education today (1962) -- Improvisations on Wedekind (1962) -- Richard Strauss: questions of compositional technique (1964) -- Principles of form in contemporary music (1966) -- Music in Europe today: Germany (1968) -- Introduction to a performance of Pierrot lunaire (1968).
Abstract	When Theodor W. Adorno returned to Germany from his exile in the United States, he immediately made a name for himself as a leading public intellectual. His widespread influence on the postwar debates was due in part to the public lectures he gave in which he analysed and commented on social, cultural and political developments of the time. This first volume brings together Adorno's lectures given between 1949 and 1968 on music, literature and the arts. With an engaging and improvisational style, Adorno spoke with compelling enthusiasm on subjects as diverse as Marcel Proust's prose, Richard Strauss's composition technique and Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. Germany, restoring its social and intellectual institutions, needed to embrace the new music and writers who had been neglected. To rebuild was taken to mean rediscovery, but Adorno also nurtured a vision of tradition which would attest to society's honestly appraised relationship to the past while it underwent the process of modernization. The volume illustrates Adorno's deep commitment to holding contemporary music and culture to standards commensurate with the aspirations of a modern world emerging from the horrors of war. This volume of his lectures is a unique document of Adorno's startling ability to bring critical theory into dialogue with the times in which he lived.
General note	Originally published in German as Vorträge 1949-1968, herausgegeben von Michael Schwarz. Taken from Nachgelassene Schriften, Abteilung V (Band I): Vorträge und Gespräche.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9781509552382 (hardback)
ISBN	1509552383 (hardback)
ISBN	9781509552399 (paperback)
ISBN	1509552391 (paperback)

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