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Constructive and Destructive Forces: Ernst Kurth’s Concept of Tonality

Wörner, Felix. (2012) Constructive and Destructive Forces: Ernst Kurth’s Concept of Tonality. In: Tonality 1900-1950: Concept and Practice. Stuttgart, pp. 125-139.

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Abstract

Felix Wörner, in “Constructive and Destructive Forces: Ernst Kurth’s Concept of Tonality,” reconstructs the discursive foundations of Kurthian energetics. Kurth’s premise that sound (Klang) in music is only an inadequate representation of inner forces leads him to conclude that tonality is not given through the musical material itself. Kurth’s theoretic formulations, as Wörner notes, are indebted to such diverse philosophical concepts as Dilthey’s psychological hermeneutics, Bergsonism, and Gestalt theory. Tonalität, for Kurth, enacts the “crisis” of romantische Harmonik, presenting a highly flexible and ever-changing constellation of constructive and destructive forces which must themselves be reenacted through musical listening.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Künste, Medien, Philosophie > Fachbereich Musikwissenschaft
UniBasel Contributors:Wörner, Felix
Item Type:Book Section
Book Section Subtype:Further Contribution in a Book
Publisher:Steiner
ISBN:978-3-515-10160-8
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Book item
Last Modified:09 Mar 2017 11:02
Deposited On:09 Mar 2017 11:02

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