In this first full-length study of Paul Bekker (1882-1937) in English, Nanette Nielsen investigates Bekker's theory and practice in light of ethics and aesthetics, in order to uncover the ways in which these intersect in his work and contributed to the cultural and political landscape of the Weimar Republic.
In this first full-length study of Paul Bekker (1882-1937) in English, Nanette Nielsen investigates Bekker's theory and practice in light of ethics and aesthetics, in order to uncover the ways in which these intersect in his work and contributed to the cultural and political landscape of the Weimar Republic.
Nanette Nielsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, having previously held positions as Associate Professor and Lecturer at the University of Nottingham (2009-2015) and the University of East Anglia (2005-2009). Her publications include the co-authored book Music and Ethics (Ashgate, 2012), and the article 'Ernst Krenek's problem of freedom in Jonny spielt auf' (Twentieth-Century Music, March 2013), for which she was awarded the 2014 Jerome Roche Prize. She co-edited a special Opera Quarterly issue on 'Opera and Philosophy' (April 2014), and another special issue for The Journal of Sonic Studies on 'Pervasive Drama', for which she also contributed two co-authored articles (May 2015). She is furthermore co-editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Paul Bekker: critical scope, life, and writings 2. Intersections of ethics and aesthetics in Bekker's early writings on music 3. Bekker as cultural critic 4. The burden of utopia: tensions between the metaphysical and the physical 5. Bekker's ethical aesthetics of opera 6. Bekker as opera practitioner
1. Paul Bekker: critical scope, life, and writings 2. Intersections of ethics and aesthetics in Bekker's early writings on music 3. Bekker as cultural critic 4. The burden of utopia: tensions between the metaphysical and the physical 5. Bekker's ethical aesthetics of opera 6. Bekker as opera practitioner
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