[Background] Since the twentieth century, Chinese musicologists have increasingly emphasized the relationship between music and society, and between music and philosophy, with Adorno being a key figure in scholars' discussions.
[Purpose] The purpose ...
[Background] Since the twentieth century, Chinese musicologists have increasingly emphasized the relationship between music and society, and between music and philosophy, with Adorno being a key figure in scholars' discussions.
[Purpose] The purpose of this paper is to elaborate Adorno’s dialectical evaluation and multidimensional perspective on Stravinsky.
[Methods] Based on the research of domestic scholars on Adorno’s “retrogressive” evaluation of Stravinsky, this paper finds that scholars mainly elaborate Adorno’s critical evaluation of Stravinsky, ignoring the correlation between Adornos affirmative premise that Stravinsky is a representative of new music and his multidimensional critique of musicianship, sociability, and philosophicality, as well as the dimensions of the critique.
[Results] Adorno’s path of social critique using musical form as a critique of social mediation.
[Conclusion] Adorno, in the process of evaluating Stravinsky, based on the analysis of musical works and combining sociology and philosophy, emphasizes the cognitive function of musical works, providing a highly composite and dialectical perspective on the study of musicology.