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The study explores how Young Hegelian ideas influenced the New German School's approach to music and aesthetics.

May 24, 2026

Young Hegelian Music: The New German School and the Question of Avant-Gardism

Key Points

The study explores how Young Hegelian ideas influenced the New German School's approach to music and aesthetics.
Analysis of Franz Brendel's and Richard Wagner's theoretical frameworks.
Examination of political contexts during the Revolutions of 1848.
Comparison of Young Hegelianism with Franco-centric avant-garde literature.
Young Hegelianism provided a foundation for critiques of aesthetic autonomy, influencing musical form.
The New German School challenged the concept of 'absolute music' in light of broader political ideas.
Both movements highlight the interconnection between revolutionary politics and aesthetic expression.

Abstract

abstract: Franz Brendel and Richard Wagner established the theoretical foundations for the New German School by using Young Hegelian ideas about history, democracy, consciousness, purely human sensuousness, and limits of "absolute philosophy" to advocate for a revolution of musical form. Their campaigns against "absolute music" emerged from broader, politicized critiques of aesthetic autonomy during the Revolutions of 1848. Overlooked in the Franco-centric literature on the history and theory of the avant-garde, both Young Hegelianism and the New Germans were crucial precursors, offering early critiques of art's separation from life, while also pioneering the displacement of revolutionary politics into aesthetic revolution.

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Jonathan Gentry (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12959d48a0ea1665671b8e https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/gsr.2026.a990624

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