Title Enlightenment Orpheus : the power of music in other worlds / Vanessa Agnew.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Talbott: Circulating Collection	ML275.3 .A36 2008	Available	---

Description	xiv, 263 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 25 cm.
Series	The new cultural history of music
	New cultural history of music.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index.
Contents	Argonaut Orpheus -- Music's empire -- Anti-Orpheus.
Summary	The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies, civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy that emerged at the same time. This text examines this apparent conflict.
Subject	Music -- Germany -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
	Music.
	Germany.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Music -- Germany -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- 18th century.
	Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 -- Travel -- Germany.
	Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.
	Travel.
	Music and tourism -- Germany.
	Music and tourism.
ISBN	9780195336665
	0195336666