Expression, Truth and Authenticity: On Adorno's Theory of Music and Musical Performance

Expression, Truth and Authenticity: On Adorno's Theory of Music and Musical Performance is from the author Rodrigo Duarte, Max Paddison, Otto Kolleritsch, Sonja Dierks, Mário Vieira de Carvalho, Pedro Boléo, and try

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) is one of the most representative German  philosophers of the 20th century and of the so-called Frankfurt School. Amongst the main topics of his critical thinking is aesthetic theory, which he developed in particular in a great number of his essays on music. By dealing mainly with AdornoÆs theory of music and musical performance, the essays collected in this book offer critical insights not only into his approach to music, but also his philosophy as a whole. AdornoÆs theory of music and musical performance does not merely exemplify his aesthetic theory, but, rather, plays an essential  role in the development of it and of his critical approach to culture  and society. (Introduction) Mário Vieira de Carvalho is Professor of Sociology of Music and Chairman of the Research Centre for Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (CESEM) at the Universidade Nova, Lisbon.