Adorno's Aesthetics of Music

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Summary: real-live document to create art.
Review: as a composer Adorno was a breath of fresh air with an historical depth, the academics in music still haven't dealt with the implications of his thought, the political and social functions of music are now beginning to be duscussed by people such as Susan McClary and Edward Said. Although Adorno had a rather dismal view of the world his "Aesthetic Theory" is to me like a real live docuament to write music today, and within the mileau of postmodernity to be able to create art at all is a miracle, naturally his marxist overtones are very important for again in music this is an area truly neglected by serious thinkers in music