Books by Berthold Hoeckner

"This book explores music soundtracks for films and demonstrates that film has helped shape modern culture by changing the culture of memory. It shows that this change rests in no small measure on the mnemonic powers of music"--

Apparitions takes a new look at the critical legacy of one of the 20th century''s most important and influential thinkers about music, Theodor W. Adorno. Bringing together an international group of scholars, the book offers new historical and critical insights into Adorno''s theories of music and how these theories, in turn, have affected the study of contemporary art music, popular music, and jazz.

Discusses the notorious opposition between absolute and program music as a true dialectic that lies at the heart of nineteenth-century German music. This work contributes to our knowledge about some of Europe's most important music - and to contemporary controversies over how music should be understood and experienced.

Revolves around the two movements in Adorno's creative life: the immediate impact of the publications of The Philosophy of Music in 1949; and his struggle with contemporary music during the 1950s and 60s. This book is aimed at scholars and students of Adorno, who seek a historical context for understanding his writings in the field of musicology.