Symphonic aspirations : German music and politics, 1900-1945 / Karen Painter.

Author: Painter, Karen.

Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

Descriptionvi, 354 p. ; 25 cm.

Note:Tradition in a modern age : Bruckner and Mahler at the fin de siècle -- Symphonic idealism in crisis -- Symphonic conventions of a world past -- Sensuality and redemption -- The politics of tradition : Mahler and Bruckner, 1914-1933 -- Mahler's progressive legacy and the aestheticization of violence -- Bruckner's nationalist legacy and the aestheticization of space -- Symphonic traditions under National socialism -- Symphonic ambitions and Hindemith's Mathis der Mahler symphony -- Symphonic defeat.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-342) and index.

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