Item 43 - Music and Reality

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OTUFM 62-B-1-43

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Music and Reality

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  • [1960s?] (Creation)

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42 pages (39 main document, 2 appendix, 1 place holder), typed with annotations in pencil.

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(1896-1965)

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Zuckerkandl explores the relationship between music and concepts of reality. He differentiates between “outer” and “inner” worlds, relating the “outer” to scientific inquiry and materialist approaches in philosophy. Zuckerkandl asserts that music is more closely connected to “inner” rather than “outer” reality. In the document, Zuckerkandl refers to a copyright case in which a popular music singer was accused of plagiarism by a colleague; the courts found that both had "plagiarized" Schubert. An analysis comparing this unnamed German pop song and Schubert's "Die böse Farbe" is included in Appendix I.

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  • English

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    St. John's, Box 1, Folder 15

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    Zuckerkandl, Viktor. 1973. Man the Musician, translated by Norbert Guterman. Vol. 2 of Sound and Symbol. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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    Comparison of "Die böse Farbe" to a "successful hit" appears on pp. 211–16 of Man the Musician. Page numbering of the essay starts on p. 25; this suggests that this was intended to be part of a larger document. Does not appear to be related to other materials held in Box 1 Folder 15.

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