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What does it mean to say that music is deeply moving? Or that music's aesthetic value derives from its deep structure? This study traces the widely employed trope of musical depth to its origins in German-language music criticism and analysis. From the Romantic aesthetics of E. T. A. Hoffmann to the modernist theories of Arnold Schoenberg, metaphors of depth attest to the cross-pollination of music with discourses ranging from theology, geology and poetics to psychology, philosophy and economics. The book demonstrates that the persistence of depth metaphors in musicology and music theory today is an outgrowth of their essential role in articulating and transmitting Germanic cultural values. While musical depth metaphors have historically served to communicate German nationalist sentiments, Watkins shows that an appreciation for the broad connotations of those metaphors opens up exciting new avenues for interpretation.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Metaphors of Depth in German Musical Thought
• Subtitle: From E. T. A. Hoffmann to Arnold Schoenberg
• Author: Holly Watkins
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 350
• EAN: 9781107460980
• ISBN: 1107460980
• ID: 04768097
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 586 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 170 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. October 2014

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