Theodor W Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. This title presents the full range of Adorno's music writing. Preface and Acknowledgments vii Translator's Note xiii Abbreviations xvii Introduction 1(84) Richard Leppert Locating Music: Society, Modernity, and the New Commentary 85(28) Richard Leppert Music, Language, and Composition (1956) 113(14) Why Is the New Art So Hard to Understand?* (1931) 127(8) On the Contemporary Relationship of Philosophy and Music* (1953) 135(27) On the Problem of Musical Analysis (1969) 162(19) The Aging of the New Music (1955) 181(22) The Dialectical Composer* (1934) 203(10) Culture, Technology, and Listening Commentary 213(38) Richard Leppert The Radio Symphony (1941) 251(20) The Curves of the Needle (1927/1965) 271(6) The Form of the Phonograph Record (1934) 277(6) Opera and the Long-Playing Record (1969) 283(5) On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening (1938) 288(30) Little Heresy* (1965) 318(9) Music and Mass Culture Commentary 327(46) Richard Leppert What National Socialism Has Done to the Arts (1945) 373(18) On the Social Situation of Music (1932) 391(46) On Popular Music [With the assistance of George Simpson] (1941) 437(33) On Jazz (1936) 470(26) Farewell to Jazz* (1933) 496(5) Kitsch* (c.1932) 501(5) Music in the Background* (c.1934) 506(7) Composition, Composers, and Works Commentary 513(51) Richard Leppert Late Style in Beethoven (1937) 564(5) Alienated Masterpiece: The Missa Solemnis (1959) 569(15) Wagner's Relevance for Today (1963) 584(19) Mahler Today* (1930) 603(9) Marginalia on Mahler* (1936) 612(7) The Opera Wozzeck* (1929) 619(8) Toward an Understanding of Schoenberg* (1955/1967) 627(17) Difficulties* (1964, 1966) 644(37) Bibliography 681(28) Source and Copyright Acknowledgments 709(4) Index 713