TY - BOOK AU - Witkin,Robert W. TI - Adorno on music T2 - International library of sociology SN - 9781136215377 AV - ML423.A33 W55 1998eb U1 - 780/.92 21 PY - 1998/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Adorno, Theodor W., KW - Adorno, Theodor W. KW - Music KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Philosophy and aesthetics KW - Musique KW - Aspect moral KW - Aspect social KW - Philosophie et esthétique KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Composers & Musicians KW - bisacsh KW - MUSIC KW - Individual Composer & Musician KW - Adorno KW - Theodor W KW - Theodor Wiesengrund KW - 1903-1969 KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - blmlsh KW - Music and society KW - Music and morals KW - fast KW - Musikphilosophie KW - gnd KW - Muzieksociologie KW - gtt KW - Muziek KW - Maatschappij KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index; Musica moralia -- Society in sonata-form -- Beethoven late and soon -- Wagner -- Breaking the code -- Mahler and Berg -- Schoenberg -- Stravinsky -- The culture industry and all that jazz -- Taking a critical line for a walk N2 - Adorno is one of the leading cultural thinkers of the twentieth century. This is the first detailed account of Adorno's texts on music from a sociological perspective. In clear, non-technical language, Robert Witkin guides the reader through the complexities of Adorno's argument about the link between music and morality and between musical works and social structure. It was largely through these works Adorno established the right of the arts to be acknowledged as a moral and critical force in the development of a modern society. By recovering them for non-musicologists, Witkin adds immeasurabl UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=602103 ER -