valerie reviewed Philosophy of Modern Music by Theodor W. Adorno
meh
2 stars
it has some pieces of interesting analysis, but it turns into a slog quite quickly and quite frequently. whatever adorno was trying to do, it quite clearly didn't work here. also salty because i thought it was going to be "philosophy of" "modern" "music", not "philosophy of" "modern music". book spends too long on "modern music" and not long enough on music proper.
it has some pieces of interesting analysis, but it turns into a slog quite quickly and quite frequently. whatever adorno was trying to do, it quite clearly didn't work here. also salty because i thought it was going to be "philosophy of" "modern" "music", not "philosophy of" "modern music". book spends too long on "modern music" and not long enough on music proper.