{"product_id":"romantic-music-aesthetics-creating-a-politics-of-emotion-hardback-9781009491648","title":"Romantic Music Aesthetics; Creating a Politics of Emotion (Hardback) 9781009491648","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRomantic Music Aesthetics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCreating a Politics of Emotion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReassesses the political motives and consequences of Romantic music aesthetics and gives nuance to our understanding of its relationship to emotion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Pritchard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009491648, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 17.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book reassesses the place of politics and emotion within Romantic music aesthetics. Drawing together insights from the history of emotions, cultural history, and studies of philosophical idealism, 'affective relationality' – the channelling of emotion through music's social and cultural synergies – emerges as key to Romantic aesthetic thought. Now familiar concepts such as theatrical illusion, genius, poetic criticism, and the renewed connection of art to mythology and religion opened new spaces for audiences' feelings, as thinkers such as Rousseau, Herder, Germaine de Staël, Joseph Mainzer, Pierre Leroux and George Sand sought alternatives to the political status quo. Building on the sentimental tradition in eighteenth-century art and politics, the Romantics created ways of listening to music imbued not just with melancholic longing for transcendence but also with humour, gothic fantasy, satire, and political solidarity. The consequences have extended far beyond the classical concert hall into numerous domains of popular culture from melodrama, romances and political songwriting to musical theatre and film.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTable of contents\u003cbr\u003e Figures\u003cbr\u003e Music examples\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Staging sentimentality\u003cbr\u003e 2. The legacy of Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e 3. The composer as genius\u003cbr\u003e 4. Idealist aesthetics and the music critic\u003cbr\u003e 5. Picturing the musical Absolute\u003cbr\u003e 6. Between idealism and realism I: the French socialists\u003cbr\u003e 7. Between idealism and realism II: after Hegel\u003cbr\u003e 8. From Hanslick to the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The fate of feeling\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Music reviews \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music reviews \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music%20reviews%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BAVC%5D%22\"\u003eAVC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474957955352,"sku":"9781009491648","price":68.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009491648i.jpg?v=1785801920","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/romantic-music-aesthetics-creating-a-politics-of-emotion-hardback-9781009491648","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}