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Wittgenstein Listens to Mahler: How to Do Philosophy and Compose Music in the Breakdown of Tradition?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2009

Béla Szabados
Béla Szabados
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University of Regina
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Abstract

This article retrieves, situates, and interprets Ludwig Wittgenstein's overlooked remarks about the composer Gustav Mahler, and connects them with Wittgenstein's philosophical perspective and practice, as well as with his musical aesthetics.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , Winter 2007 , pp. 91 - 113
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2007

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