The "Adorno Industry"

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From the NYT: "no other figure has influenced American musicology more in the last 20 years"

What? Not even Chuck Eddy?

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/14/arts/music/14CONN.html

Why aren't there more Marxist readings of musical "texts" on ILM?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:08 (twenty-three years ago)

That's a pretty bold statement made in the NYT piece, but I have to say that Adorno's writing has definitely influenced the way I view music. His opinions, while at times reactionary, are profound and spot on. His dislike of high art and low art bleeding into each other can be frustrating, but I enjoy looking at things that way, even if I don't completely agree.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Musicology/rock criticism--two very different things

― Ben Williams, Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Adorno's views on music are very conservative and closed-minded, at best. According to him, anything that isn't classical isn't music.

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

His opinions are a little more complex than that...

― Ben Williams, Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah he liked michael bolton

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Correction: He _loved_ Michael Bolton.

― Yancey (ystrickler), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:27 (twenty-three years ago)

adorno threads over on ILE: 1. and 2.

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

At least he didn't backslide into Nazism like Heidegger...

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Even though ILE has two threads on adorno its nice to see at least one on ILM.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

BTW: after having read much of this, I think Rose Rosengard Subotnik kicks ass.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Pity poor Horkheimer, though. He's a *total* Garfunkel.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 September 2002 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

heh: still i'd rather be called "max" than "theodor"

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 22:34 (twenty-three years ago)

heere, take my extra e

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 September 2002 22:42 (twenty-three years ago)

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