The discourse of musicology
By: Giles Hooper.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics.; Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Musicology.
Description: "In The Discourse of Musicology, Giles Hooper considers a number of issues central to recent debates about the nature and direction of contemporary musicology. The first part of the book seeks to situate and critically rethink the alleged 'postmodern' turn in musical scholarship. Then, in attempting to overcome some of the problems typically associated with postmodern theory, Hooper draws on the work of Jurgen Habermas in order to interpret musicology as a form of institutionalized discourse and to propose a normative framework for the kind of knowledge in which it can legitimately issue. The second part of the book focuses on the concepts of 'mediation' and the 'music itself' and engages with the work of influential critical theorist, Theodor Adorno, and the contemporary musicologist, Lawrence Kramer."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A new musicology?; title: The study of music as an institutionalised discourse; title: Putting things in context; title: Models of mediation; title: Comparative critique : Mahler's ninth symphony.