Resounding monumentality
Subtitle: nineteenth-century German music, commemoration, and the sublime
By: Alexander Rehding.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780195385380
Subjects: Sublime, The, in music.; Music -- Germany -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Description: Rehding locates musical monumentality, a central property of the 19th century German repertoire, at the intersections of aesthetics and memory. He explores how monumentality contributes to an experiential music history and how it conveys the sublime to the listening public.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.