Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert
This slim volume showcases Dietrich von Hildebrand in a mode unlike any of his other published works. What he writes is not philosophy, theology, or musicology, nor is it a loose collection of appreciative personal remarks. He seeks, rather, to capture the true spirit of these composers and their works. Hildebrand is especially intent to show that the interpretative key to a musical work is to be found not in a composer’s life or personality but in the work itself.
Dietrich von Hildebrand’s consideration of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert is something extraordinary and special.
Manfred Honeck
In addition to the three complete essays on Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, this new English volume also contains selections from Hildebrand’s unfinished essay on the operas of Richard Wagner, which he thought were profoundly misunderstood. Among other selections is a chapter on sacred music from Hildebrand’s Aesthetics, which includes his discussion of Bach.

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