Foundations of Music History

Carl Dahlhaus; J. B. Robinson

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511627309

This book is the first thoroughgoing study in any language of the philosophy of music history. Drawing on competing philosophies of history throughout the ages, from the Enlightenment to the French structuralists, from the German idealist tradition to Russian formalism, the late Carl Dahlhaus applies the thoughts of these various schools to the specialist requirements of music history and assesses their advantages and shortcomings. Special attention is given to an appraisal of whether Marxist critiques are still viable and where they stand in need of rethinking. For this English edition, the author provided an extensive annotated bibliography.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Translator's preface
pp vii-x

Foreword
pp 1-2

1 - Is history on the decline?
pp 3-18

2 - The significance of art: historical or aesthetic?
pp 19-33

3 - What is a fact of music history?
pp 33-43

4 - Does music history have a ‘subject’?
pp 44-53

5 - Historicism and tradition
pp 53-71

6 - Hermeneutics in history
pp 71-85

7 - The value-judgment: object or premise of history?
pp 85-107

8 - The ‘relative autonomy’ of music history
pp 108-129

9 - Thoughts on structural history
pp 129-150

10 - Problems in reception history
pp 150-165

Bibliography
pp 166-172

Index
pp 173-177

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