Adorno's Symphonic Space-Time and Beethoven's Time Travel in Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3129136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel K L Chua, Daniel Chua (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 113-137 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/0094033x-3625397 |
| OpenAlex | W2550527186 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Theodor W. Adorno's "theory of the symphony" is modeled on Beethoven's heroic symphonies; these works form the basis for Adorno's arguments against the broadcast of symphonies on radio. A "radio symphony," he claims, is not the same as the real thing and fails to deliver the true meaning of the music. The arguments are based on a peculiar configuration of space and time in the symphonies in which the temporal dimensions are so compressed that they form a spatial moment-an Augenblick that engulfs the listener in its metaphysical enclosures. Why should anyone believe such a peculiar theory? More important, does Beethoven's music have anything to say about it
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Metaphysics · Space (punctuation) · Symphony · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |