A study of the philosophy of music history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Translator's preface; Foreword; 1. Is history on the decline?; 2. The significance of art: historical or aesthetic?; 3. What is a fact of music history?; 4. Does music history have a 'subject'?; 5. Historicism and tradition; 6. Hermeneutics in history; 7. The value-judgment: object or premise of history?; 8. The 'relative autonomy' of music history; 9. Thoughts on structural history; 10. Problems in reception history; Bibliography; Index.