On the value of (musical) judgment. Untimely reflections

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Lecture by Prof. Dr. Nina Noeske in the context of the lecture series Mensch | Musik | Gender: Überschätzt - unterschätzt - geschätzt: (Musical) taste is debatable

When and where:
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
6 p.m. (s.t.) in the Mendelssohnsaal
Hochschule für Music and Drama Hamburg.
Admission free.

Music program:
J.S. Bach/ C. Gounod: "Ave Maria" with Martin Zamorano (piano) and Simon Schachtner (violoncello)

From the Enlightenment's judgment of taste to contemporary (moral) discourse
The lecture outlines the topic of the lecture series in several steps. Starting with the so-called judgment of taste, which Immanuel Kant analysed in 1790 in his "Critique of Judgement", the focus is firstly on the aesthetics of genius, which shaped the musical culture of the entire 19th century and large parts of the 20th century on several levels. Secondly, the topic of "art vs. kitsch" in the field of music is touched upon before, thirdly, the new standards of a musical 'avant-garde' are discussed. A look at the present rounds off the lecture: is the autonomy of the artistic even at stake if it is judged morally - as in current discussions in recent years and months?

Nina Noeske was born in Bonn. Studied in Bonn, Weimar and Jena, doctorate in 2005 in Weimar-Jena on new instrumental music in the GDR, habilitation in 2014 in Hanover with a discourse analysis of Franz Liszt's "Faust Symphony". Professor of Musicology at the HfMT Hamburg since October 2014. Most recently published: Ruth Berghaus and Paul Dessau: Composing - Choreographing - Staging. Edited by Nina Noeske and Matthias Tischer, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Böhlau 2018 (= KlangZeiten. Musik, Politik und Gesellschaft 14) and Wege. Festschrift for Susanne Rode-Breymann. Edited by Annette Kreutziger-Herr, Nina Noeske, Nicole K. Strohmann, Antje Tumat, Melanie Unseld and Stefan Weiss, Hildesheim et al: Olms 2018 (= Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft 100).
http://ninanoeske.de