Adorno’s philosophy debut in 1933 came after a hundred music-criticism articles since 1921

Evidence

What was to become Adorno’s real field at about the same time as he started his studies, and where he was able to be active as a student of Lukács, Kracauer and Bloch, was music criticism and musical aesthetics. About a hundred articles by him on music criticism or aesthetics were published in the years 1921-32. By contrast, his first publication in philosophy, his dissertation on Kierkegaard for his Habilitation, only appeared in 1933. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 277 (#expands, via linked claim)

But Adorno found in Lukács a form of philosophical thinking about history which in the late 1920s was an inspiration for his ideas on the philosophy of music and musical progress. The author of History and Class Consciousness whom Adorno visited in 1925, however, was not even prepared to defend his earlier Hegelian attempt to bring the philosophical content of Marxist theory up to date. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 325 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lukács’s philosophy of history inspired Adorno’s musical criticism in the late 1920s. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 325; Adorno’s mature career began in music criticism, not philosophy — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 277

Broader Connections

• Adorno’s mature career began in music criticism, not philosophy #expands (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 277
• Lukács’s philosophy of history inspired Adorno’s musical criticism in the late 1920s. #qualifies (0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 325