The first full-length analytical study of Edward Elgar's music, this book argues that Elgar was a modernist composer, and that his music constitutes a pessimistic twentieth-century assessment of the nature of human being. Focusing on Elgar's music rather than his life, Harper-Scott blends the hermeneutic and existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger with music-analytical methods derived from Heinrich Schenker and James Hepokoski. In the course of engaging with debates centred on duotonality in musical structures, sonata ...
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The first full-length analytical study of Edward Elgar's music, this book argues that Elgar was a modernist composer, and that his music constitutes a pessimistic twentieth-century assessment of the nature of human being. Focusing on Elgar's music rather than his life, Harper-Scott blends the hermeneutic and existential philosophy of Martin Heidegger with music-analytical methods derived from Heinrich Schenker and James Hepokoski. In the course of engaging with debates centred on duotonality in musical structures, sonata deformations, meaning in music, the nature of tragedy, and the quest narrative, the book rejects poststructuralist and literary-theoretical interpretations of music, radically interprets Schenkerian theory, and tentatively outlines a new space - a Heideggerian 'clearing' - in which music of all periods can be understood to operate, be experienced and be understood. The book includes a detailed glossary which provides the reader with clear definitions of important and difficult terms.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 7x0x10; Very good hardcover, in dust jacket, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards also very good; titling remains bright and bold. Small closed tear to top rear corner of dust jacket, else shelfwear is light. Interior is free of markings save previous owner (James Hepokoski, musicologist and former professor at Yale and the University of Minnesota, whose work this text explicitly utilizes at the core of its analysis) name/place/date inscription to front free endpaper. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply.
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New. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Printed music items. Music in the Twentieth Century . 26 music examples. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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