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An Introduction to Theodore Adorno's Theory of Music and its Social Implications.
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An Introduction to Theodore Adorno's Theory of Music and its Social Implications Introduction Theodore Adorno was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1903, and his family's wealth and cultural interests allowed him to partake in the finer aspects of life from an early age. Both his mother and his sister were successful and accomplished musicians and it was from them that he received his initial training and encouragement in his life-long love for music. His Jewish lineage was to be a deciding factor in his thought and writings, particularly after the Nazi Reign of Terror swept through his country. Forever after, this very serious and esoteric intellectual would not forget the millions who were persecuted under Hitler's totalitarian regime; his legacy to them was the quest for the reconciliation of social contradictions and his contention that "to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric." When Adorno met composer Alban Berg in 1924, it was after...
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