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Concentrating on the music, politics, and philosophy of Richard Wagner, Lydia Goehr addresses some fundamental questions of German Romanticism: Is all music musical? Is music made less musical by the presence of words? What is musical autonomy? How do composers avoid censorship? How are composers affected by exile? Can music articulate a 'politics for the future'? What is the relation between music and philosophy?Goehr, Lydia is the author of 'Quest for Voice Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy', published 2002 under ISBN 9780198166962 and ISBN 0198166966.
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