Vom Aufbau einer Welt

Untersuchungen zur makrologischen Harmonik in den Kopfsätzen der ersten drei Symphonien von Gustav Mahler
Georg Olms Verlag, 1. Edition 2022, 311 Pages
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As one of the most important late Romantic composers and at the same time a pioneer of modernism, Gustav Mahler's symphonies combine a multitude of very different characters and stylistic features. In view of the outward heterogeneity of the musical means, a widespread thesis is that his compositional style resists systematisation, that his music can at best be approached "micrologically". Michael Jakumeit takes the opposite position in this work. Based on a dictum by Theodor W. Adorno, he adopts a "macrological" perspective. He does not content himself with looking at individual cases, but relates every detail to the whole in a dialectical movement. With the help of meticulous detailed analysis with a carefully calibrated analytical instrument, he succeeds in elaborating and systematising Mahler's general compositional strategies. For when Mahler speaks of "building a world" with musical means, he is aiming not only for variety but also for constructive coherence. Jakumeit chooses the first movements of the first three symphonies as his object of study with good reason, for the first movement of the Third Symphony marks, even in the context of Mahler's own work, a high point in epic breadth. It is a structure that only truly macrological thinking is capable of creating.
Bibliographical data
Bibliographical data
Edition 1
ISBN 978-3-487-16087-0
Subtitle Untersuchungen zur makrologischen Harmonik in den Kopfsätzen der ersten drei Symphonien von Gustav Mahler
Publication Date Feb 1, 2022
Year of Publication 2022
Publisher Georg Olms Verlag
Format Hardcover
Language deutsch
Pages 311
Copyright Year 2022
Medium Book
Product Type Scientific literature
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