Thomas Mann

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The problem with Doctor Faustus is that Adrian Leverkühn is not only a 
decadent composer and a devil - a kind of "Post-Wagner" -, but also an 
incarnation of the new techniques of composing. Thomas Mann misunderstood 
Adorno's description of atonality and the "Zwoelftontechnik" completely, so 
at last you can think that Schoenberg, Webern or Berg are Leverkühn - and 
that is why Adorno was "not amused" about Dr. Faustus.  

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