{"product_id":"aesthetics-and-the-art-of-musical-composition-in-the-german-enlightenment-selected-writings-of-johann-georg-sulzer-and-heinrich-christoph-koch-paperback-9780521035095","title":"Aesthetics and the Art of Musical Composition in the German Enlightenment; Selected Writings of Johann Georg Sulzer and Heinrich Christoph Koch (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521035095","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAesthetics and the Art of Musical Composition in the German Enlightenment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Writings of Johann Georg Sulzer and Heinrich Christoph Koch\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collaborative study of the writings of Sulzer and Koch and their philosophical and musical thought.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeinrich Christoph Koch (Author), Johann Georg Sulzer (Author), Nancy Baker (Edited by), Thomas Christensen (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521035095, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  8 music examples\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.339 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… the translations are elegant and thoughtfully done, with helpful annotations and there are useful introductory essays on Sulzer and Koch by the two editors … the extracts translated provide a very useful indication of the musical intellectual thought in German-speaking countries in the late 18th century.' Musical Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan an abstract theory of Empfindsamkeit aesthetics have any value to a musician wishing to study composition in the classical style? The eighteenth-century German theorist and pedagogue Heinrich Koch showed how this question could be answered with a resounding yes. Starting with the systematic aesthetic theory of the Swiss encyclopedist Johann Sulzer, Koch was creatively able to adapt Sulzer's conservative ideas on ethical mimesis and rhetoric to concrete problems of music analysis and composition. In this collaborative study, Thomas Christensen and Nancy Baker have translated and analysed selected writings of Sulzer and Koch respectively, bringing to life a little-known confluence of philosophical and musical thought from the German Enlightenment. Koch's appropriation of Sulzer's ideas to the service of music represents an important development in the evolution of Western musical thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Ian Bent\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Johann Georg Sulzer: General Theory of the Fine Arts (1771–74): Selected Articles\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Thomas Christensen\u003cbr\u003e 1. Aesthetic foundations\u003cbr\u003e 2. The creative process\u003cbr\u003e 3. Musical issues\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Heinrich Christoph Koch: Introductory Essay on Composition, Vol. II (1787)\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Nancy Kovaleff Baker\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 4. The aim and the inner nature of compositions and, above all, the way in which they arise\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theory of music \u0026amp; musicology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theory of music \u0026amp; musicology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theory%20of%20music%20\u0026amp;%20musicology%20%5BAVA%5D%22\"\u003eAVA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006233956632,"sku":"9780521035095","price":42.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521035095i_4db2c15c-2e89-4642-aff7-7d12d5f179a3.jpg?v=1694968290","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aesthetics-and-the-art-of-musical-composition-in-the-german-enlightenment-selected-writings-of-johann-georg-sulzer-and-heinrich-christoph-koch-paperback-9780521035095","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}