http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/adorno Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:20:18 -0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:20:18 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/526/adornos-bach-schoenberg-connection-frivolity-and-expectation By Tristan Gans - Adorno’s case is built on the composers’ treatment of melodic subjects, which he views as ‘pure’ in an intellectual and philosophical sense. He contrasts this to the work of the classical and romantic composers, specifically Beethoven, whose work he views as overcommitted to the formal façade unintentionally constructed by Bach: essentially he claims that Beethoven et al rejected Bach’s challenging, philosophically constructive methodology in favor of “a category existing prior to the subject-matter and oriented on external consensus” (153), a category... Wed, 11 May 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/526/adornos-bach-schoenberg-connection-frivolity-and-expectation