Quasi Una Fantasia

This collection covers a wide range of topics, from a moving study of Bizet''s Carmen to an entertainingly caustic exploration of the hierarchies of the auditorium. Especially significant is Adorno''s "dialectical portrait" of Stravinsky, in which Adorno both reconsiders and refines his damning indictment of the composer in Philosophy on Modern Music. Throughout, Adorno is sustained by the convict...