Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History

By Stephan Hammel

Toward a Materialist Conception of Music History makes a convincing case for the relevance, appropriateness, and usefulness of historical materialism to the musicological project.

The book interrogates the history of encounters between Marxism and music studies -- both within and outside of the Soviet sphere -- before staging the missed encounter between classical musicology and Second International Marxism. It concludes by constructing a new framework for understanding the history of style in terms of changes in the forces and relations of musical production.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F9STX2YJ
• ISBN13: 9798888905425
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"