Even the most insensitive hit song enthusiast cannot always escape the feeling that the child with a sweet tooth comes to know in the candy store.

Theodor Adorno

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Popular culture Music Art

Author

Theodor Adorno

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Adorno, Theodor. "Über den Fetischcharakter in der Musik und die Regression des Hörens [On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening]." Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung, vol. 7. 1938.

Current Citation

Adorno, Theodor. "On the Fetish Character in Music and the Regression of Listening." Modernism: An Anthology of Documents. Edited by Vassiliki Kolocotroni, Jane Goldman and Olga Taxidou. U of Chicago P, 1998.

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Another quote from the 1930s

Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
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W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works. Edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no painter. Even by signs and gestures I cannot express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer. But I can do so by means of sounds, for I am a musician.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Topic
Artistic expression Music

Author

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1777 1770s 18th century
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Original Citation

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. "Letter to Leopold Mozart." 8 Nov. 1777.

Current Citation

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Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.

Martin Heidegger

Building Dwelling Thinking

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Language

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Martin Heidegger
Source
Building Dwelling Thinking
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

Heidegger, Martin. Bauen Wohnen Denken [Building Dwelling Thinking]. 1951.

Current Citation

Heidegger, Martin. "Building Dwelling Thinking." Basic Writings, trans. and ed. David Farrell Krell. HarperPerennial, 2008, pt. 1.