Description: A case for listening more closely to music
Brief description: Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a German philosopher, social theorist, music critic, and composer, and a leading figure of the Frankfurt School. Best known for his critiques of mass culture and modern society, Adorno was also one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers on classical and modern music. His books include Dialectic of Enlightenment, Minima Moralia, Negative Dialectics, Aesthetic Theory, and Philosophy of New Music.
Review Quotes: "How to Listen to Music shows us an Adorno not often appreciated: the educator capable of speaking to specialist and non-specialist alike, intent on making classical and modern music accessible to a general public. Nicholsen and Shapiro do an excellent job of capturing the balance in Adorno's prose between rigorous technical analysis and vivid metaphoric evocations of the music."---Howard Eiland, coauthor of Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life