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Introduction to the Sociology of Music

Continuum / Seabury Press · 1976

Adorno’s critical analysis of the relation between music, society, class and the culture industry.

Publisher: Continuum / Seabury Press
Publication date: 1976
Language: English
Print length: 233

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In Introduction to the Sociology of Music, Adorno links musical forms to social structures, criticizing the commodification of music within the ‘culture industry’ and its modes of listening. A foundational work of the Frankfurt School and the sociology of art.