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>August Halm's Von zwei Kulturen der Musik : a translation and introductory essay (pdf 2.964MB)

>August Halm, composer, music pedagogue, and music critic, published Von zwei Kulturen der Musik (Of Two Cultures of Music) in 1913. In this book he sought to describe his conception of two historical musical cultures and the narrative of their eventual synthesis. Halm’s first culture of music, melody, is exemplified by Bach’s fugues for keyboard. His second culture, harmony, is exemplified by Beethoven’s works in sonata form, such as his piano sonatas and symphonies. At the end of the book, Halm describes a third culture—a synthesis of melody and harmony that he sees in the works of Bruckner. His subsequent book, Die Symphonien Anton Bruckners, published the following year, expands on his claims about this third culture. Von zwei Kulturen der Musik established the composer/critic’s fame in the realm of music aesthetics and analysis.