Inhalt:
Adorno and the Aesthetics of Postwar Serial Music is the first book-length
study of the relation between Theodor W. Adornos aesthetics and postwar
serial music. Adornos extensive writings and lectures about serialism, his
first-hand knowledge of the technique, and his personal acquaintance with
leading serial composers did much to shape his philosophical work. That work,
in turn, influenced postwar composers, and the signs of this influence are
clearly visible in the compositional theory and aesthetic ideas of the
period. This book presents a detailed examination of these ideas, and places
them in their historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts. It will
enable a better understanding not only of serial music and aesthetics, but
also of Adorno and his aesthetic theory. As such, it will appeal to
composers, music historians, philosophers, critics, and anyone interested in
the aesthetics of modernism.