Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis: Ernst Kurth: Selected Writings (Paperback)
Ernst Kurth; Lee A Rothfarb; Ian Bent
Cambridge University Press
9780521028240
0-521-02824-8
This is the first publication to provide extensive annotated translations from the writings of the music theorist Ernst Kurth (1886-1946), who wrote three pioneering studies on the music of J.S. Bach, Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner. The book will familiarize today's English-speaking scholars with Kurth's theoretical ideas and innovative analytical strategies through his commentaries on the passages from these composers. An extensive introductory essay discusses the intellectual and socio-cultural background required for understanding Kurth's work.