Journal article
The Two Deaths in Beethoven's Bagatelle Op. 126 No. 4
Music theory and analysis, Vol.4(1), pp.91-99
04/30/2017
DOI: 10.11116/MTA.4.1.4
Abstract
Theodor W. Adorno discusses Ludwig van Beethoven's Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 (1824), as exemplars of the composer's late-style music, which reflects on different dimensions of mortality, both literal and figurative. Adorno's commentary, while suggestive and pertinent for our time, is
hindered by inadequate analysis. A renewed look at the Fourth Bagatelle, the darkest of the set, with the aid of Heinrich Schenker's and Arnold Schoenberg's theories lends heft and bite to Adorno's critique.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Two Deaths in Beethoven's Bagatelle Op. 126 No. 4
- Creators
- Matthew Arndt
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Music theory and analysis, Vol.4(1), pp.91-99
- Publisher
- Leuven University Press
- DOI
- 10.11116/MTA.4.1.4
- ISSN
- 2295-5917
- eISSN
- 2295-5925
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/30/2017
- Academic Unit
- Music
- Record Identifier
- 9984399469302771
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