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1、tomhuhnIntroductionThoughtsbesideThemselvesTheodorWiesengrundAdornowasaphilosopher,composer,essay-ist,andsocialtheorist.Hewasbornin1903inFrankfurt,Germany,wherehisfather,OskarWiesengrund,wasaprominentwinemer-chantandassimilatedJewwhohadconvertedtoProtestantism.Hismother,MariaCavelli-Ado
2、rnodellaPiana,wasaCatholicandhadenjoyedasuccessfulcareerasasingeruntilthetimeofhermar-riagetoAdorno’sfather.(In1938AdornohadhisnamechangedfromWiesengrundtoAdorno.)Adornowasanonlychildinaquitewelloffhouseholdthathedescribedaspresidedoverbytwomothers.Hisother“mother”washismother’ssister,A
3、gatheCalvelli-Adorno.Shetoohadhadasuccessfulmusicalcareer,asapianist.Attheageoffifteen,AdornobeganweeklystudymeetingswithSiegfriedKracauer,amanfourteenyearshisseniorandtheneditoroftheliberalnewspaperFrankfurterZeitung.TheweeklymeetingscontinuedformanyyearsandhadKant’sCritiqueofPureReaso
4、nastheirfirstobjectofstudy.Adornolaterreportedthatheowedfarmoreofhisintellectualdevelopmenttothesemeetingsthantohisacademicteachers.AdornobeganhisuniversitystudiesinFrankfurtin1921,studyingphilosophy,sociology,music,andpsychology.ItwasduringthetimeofhisstudiesthatAdornometandbefriendedM
5、axHorkheimerandWalterBenjamin;thelatterwouldbecomees-peciallyinfluentialforAdorno’sphilosophicalwork.In1924Adornocompletedadoctorateinphilosophy.In1925hewenttoVienna,wherehestayedonandoffformonthsatatimethrough1927,withtheideaofcontinuinghismusicaltrainingandpossiblypursuingacareerasaco
6、mposerandconcertpianist.InViennaAlbanBergtaughthimcompositionandEduardSteurmannpiano;bothweremembersoftheSchoenbergcircle.Adornoalsocontinuedwritingthemusic1CambridgeCompanionsOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,20062tomhuhncriticismhehadbegunpublishingin1921.AsRichardLeppertnotesinhisintro
7、ductiontotherecentcollectionofAdorno’swritingsonmusic,“Between1921,whilestillateenager,and1931hepublisheddozensofoperaandconcertreviews,reviewsofpublishednewmusic,aswellasessaysonaesthetics,andheavilyfavoringnewmusic.”1BackinFrankfurtin1927AdornobegantoassociatewithHorkheimeran
