Autor: Karol Berger

In this erudite and elegantly composed argument, Karol Berger uses the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to support two groundbreaking claims: first, that it was only in the later eigh …

Beyond Reason relates Wagner’s works to the philosophical and cultural ideas of his time, centering on the four music dramas he created in the second half of his career:  Der Ring des Nibel …

What, if anything, has art to do with the rest of our lives, and in particular with those ethical and political issues that matter to us most? Will art created today be likely to play a role in our l …

An authoritative survey of music and its context in the Renaissance. The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries – the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony – represent a time of great change and devel …

Karol Berger setzt Wagners Musikdramen in Beziehung zu den philosophischen und kulturellen Ideen seiner Zeit und konzentriert sich dabei in einer ausführlichen und gut verständlichen Analyse auf die …

The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries – the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony – represent a time of great change and development in European music, with the flourishing of Orlando di Lasso, P …