
Full title
Vom Musikalisch-Schönen Ein Beitrag zur Revision der Ästhetik der Tonkunst
Language
de
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jana Srna, Norbert H. Langkau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-10-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1825–1904
A sharp, influential voice in 19th-century music criticism, he is best remembered for arguing that music’s beauty lies in its form rather than in telling a story or expressing specific emotions. His writing helped shape debates around composers such as Wagner, Brahms, and Schumann.
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