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Music and Decadence in European Modernism: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe by Stephen Downes (Hardcover, 2010)

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Decadence is a crucial yet often misunderstood aspect of European modernism. This book demonstrates how decadence as an idea, style or topic informs Central and Eastern European music of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Combining close analysis with hermeneutic interpretation and cultural critique, Stephen Downes examines works by composers including Wagner, Richard Strauss, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Mahler and Bartok, considering structural and expressive forms of decay, deformation, mannerism, nihilism, sickness and convalescence. Drawing upon critical and cultural theory, these musical works are contextualized, relating the relationship of music and musical discourse to wider cultural discourses. The study will enhance the understanding of musical forms and aesthetics for the reader. Exploring crucial aspects of modernism and the place of music in the development and diversity of decadence, Downes refines and redefines our understanding of musical modernism.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521767576
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94721174

Product Key Features

Book Title
Music and Decadence in European Modernism: the Case of Central and Eastern Europe
Author
Stephen Downes
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Music
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
386 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
254mm
Item Width
181mm
Item Weight
940g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Stephen Downes
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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