Eduard Hanslick's On the Musically Beautiful

Lee Rothfarb is Professor of Music Theory at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of three books, including the 1989 winner of the Society for Music Theory's Outstanding Publication Award, Ernst Kurth as Theorist and Analyst (1988). The SMT has honored him with a Lifetime Membership in recognition of his founding its electronic journal, Music Theory Online, and serving as its first editor. Christoph Landerer is Project Staff and Principal Investigator at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and author of Eduard Hanslick und Bernard Bolzano (2004). His main work areas are Hanslick, Herbart, and Nietzsche.

• Translators' Preface Introductory Essays 1. Origins, Publication, and Translation History of the TreatiseChristoph Landerer, Alexander Wilfing, Lee Rothfarb 2. Introduction to Hanslick's Central ConceptsChristoph Landerer, Lee Rothfarb 3. Philosophical BackgroundChristoph Landerer, Lee Rothfarb Readers' Guide: Alternative Routes Through the TreatiseLee Rothfarb, Christoph Landerer On the Musically Beautiful, 10th editionPrefaceChapter 1, The Aesthetics of Feeling Chapter 2, The "Representation of Feelings" is not the Content of Music Chapter 3, The Musically Beautiful Chapter 4, Analysis of the Subjective Impression of Music Chapter 5, Aesthetic Compared to Pathological Perception of Music Chapter 6, The Relation of Music to Nature Chapter 7, The Concepts "Content" and "Form" in Music Appendix: Chapter 1, 1st edition (excerpt) Chapter 7, 1st edition, conclusion Contextualizing Commentary Selected Sources for Further Reading

The translators provide thorough scholarly apparatus plus extensive introductory material. ... The new translation seems to convey Hanslick's thought with utter clarity, and the accompanying material is truly useful. Summing up: Highly recommended