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Der Band versammelt Günther Anders' bislang unveröffentlichte Briefwechsel mit Philosophen aus ihm nahestehenden Denktraditionen: mit Plessner, einem Hauptvertreter der philosophischen Anthropologie, mit Adorno, Horkheimer und Marcuse, die aus der ersten Generation der Frankfurter Schule stammen, sowie mit Bloch, der wie Anders der Kritischen Theorie zwar nahestand, aber dennoch ein «Outsider» blieb. Neben biografischen und zeithistorischen Aspekten machen die Briefe vor allem ein Stück Philosophiegeschichte erfahrbar, mithin das Denken und Handeln einer Generation von Intellektuellen, welche die Politik und Kultur Nachkriegseuropas eintscheidend prägte. Günther Anders teilt mit seinen Briefpartnern nicht nur weitreichende biografische Gemeinsamkeiten - die historischen Erfahrungen der Vertreibung aus NS-Deutschland, der Entfremdung vom jüdisch-deutschen Milieu und der Shoah. Er teilt mit ihnen auch das Anliegen, als Antwort auf diese Erfahrungen eine konkrete, nicht-akademische und engagierte Philosophie zu entwickeln. Wie umstritten dieses Anliegen unter den beteiligten Philosophen ist, dokumentieren ihre Briefe: Gerade im Streitgespräch mit Adorno werden die Bruchlinien zwischen Theorie und Praxis zum Thema. In einem Briefan Marcuse spricht Günther Anders vom Philosophen als dem «grundsätzlich Anstößigen», während er in einem anderen Brief betont: «man kann sich nicht für Widerspruch bezahlen lassen». Von diesen hohen moralischen Ansprüchen an Intellektuelle und Schreibende, dem Gestus der Unnachgiebigkeit und Kompromisslosigkeit in der Sache, zeugen die Briefe in diesem Band.

Women composers. --- Composers, Women --- Women as composers --- Composers --- Women musicians

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Kay Swift (1897-1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the twentieth century. Best known as George Gershwin's assistant, musical adviser, and intimate friend, Swift was in fact an accomplished musician herself, a pianist and composer whose Fine and Dandy (1930) was the first complete Broadway musical written by a woman. This fascinating book-the first biography of Swift-discusses her music and her extraordinary life.Vicki Ohl describes Swift's work for musical theater, the ballet, Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes, and commercial shows. She also tells how Swift served as director of light music for the 1939 World's Fair, eloped with a cowboy from the rodeo at the fair, and abandoned her native New York for Oregon, later fashioning her experiences into an autobiographical novel, Who Could Ask for Anything More? Informed by rich material, including Swift's unpublished memoirs and extensive interviews with her family members and friends, this book captures the essence and spirit of a remarkable woman.

Composers --- Women composers --- Composers, Women --- Women as composers --- Women musicians --- Swift, Kay, --- Swift, Katharine Faulkner, --- Swift, Kay --- United States --- Biography

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The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

Women composers --- Composers --- Music --- Composers, Women --- Women as composers --- Women musicians --- History and criticism. --- Browne, Augusta. --- Garrett, Augusta Browne

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Forced to leave Venice, Antonia Padoani Bembo, mother of three, fled to Paris and joined glorifying Louis XIV. Her music - opera, love song, cantata, motet - testifies to the magic of her singing voice. This work details the life and music of a woman with talent who thrived within the dictates of society and culture.

Composers --- Women composers --- Composers, Women --- Women as composers --- Women musicians --- Bembo, Antonia, --- Bembo, A. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 78.21.1 Bembo --- 78.29.2

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This book traces the development of music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with regards to the work of six women composers: Sofia Gubaidulina, Joan Tower, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Libby Larsen, Chen Yi, and Judith Weir. The study integrates cultural contexts with the composers' biographies, their diverse compositional styles, and provides in-depth analyses of their musical works. The Kaleidoscope of Women's Sounds in Music of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries offers a more detailed guide to not only these composers, but also their musical characters and styles, than previous studies

Women composers. --- Women composers --- Composers, Women --- Women as composers --- Composers --- Women musicians --- History --- Gubaidulina, Sofia, --- Tower, Joan, --- Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, --- Larsen, Libby. --- Chen, Yi, --- Weir, Judith.