TY - BOOK ID - 13711841 TI - Metaphors of depth in German musical thought : from E. T. A. Hoffmann to Arnold Schoenberg PY - 2011 SN - 9781107010918 1107010918 9781107460980 1107460980 9780511820496 9781139145343 1139145347 0511820496 9781139138017 1139138014 1283316838 9781283316835 9781139142021 113914202X 1139140272 9781139140270 1107222249 9781107222243 1139139568 9781139139564 9786613316837 6613316830 1139141147 9781139141147 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Music and philosophy. KW - Music KW - Philosophy and aesthetics. KW - History and criticism. KW - Musiktheorie KW - Tiefe KW - Ausdruck KW - Musikästhetik. KW - Tiefe. KW - Motiv (Musik) KW - Musique KW - Musique et philosophie KW - Philosophie et esthétique KW - Histoire et critique KW - Marx, Adolf Bernhard, KW - Schumann, Robert, KW - Wagner, Richard, KW - Schenker, Heinrich, KW - Schönberg, Arnold, KW - Geschichte 1800-1950 KW - 1800-1999 KW - Germany. KW - Deutschland KW - Österreich KW - Deutschland. KW - Philosophie et esthétique KW - Philosophy and music KW - Philosophy KW - Hermeneutics (Music) KW - Musical aesthetics KW - Aesthetics KW - Music theory UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:13711841 AB - What does it mean to say that music is deeply moving? Or that music's aesthetic value derives from its deep structure? This study traces the widely employed trope of musical depth to its origins in German-language music criticism and analysis. From the Romantic aesthetics of E. T. A. Hoffmann to the modernist theories of Arnold Schoenberg, metaphors of depth attest to the cross-pollination of music with discourses ranging from theology, geology and poetics to psychology, philosophy and economics. The book demonstrates that the persistence of depth metaphors in musicology and music theory today is an outgrowth of their essential role in articulating and transmitting Germanic cultural values. While musical depth metaphors have historically served to communicate German nationalist sentiments, Watkins shows that an appreciation for the broad connotations of those metaphors opens up exciting new avenues for interpretation. ER -