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"Was deutsch und echt ..." : Richard Wagner and the articulation of a German opera, 1798-1876 /
By examining theoretical debates about the nature of nineteenth-century German opera and analyzing the genre's development and its international dissemination, this book shows German opera's entanglement with national identity formation. The thorough study of German opera debates in the fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2019]
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| Colección: | National cultivation of culture ;
v. 17. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; "Was deutsch und echt ... ": Richard Wagner and the Articulation of a German Opera, 1798-1876; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 ""Von der Oper, die der Deutsche will"": The Conceptualization of German Opera during the First Quarter of the Nineteenth Century; 1 The Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung as a Platform for the Articulation of a National Discourse on Music; 2 Gene74ral Observations Concerning the Character and Development of German Music in Comparison to Italian and French Styles
- 3 The Definition of German National Opera through the Creation of Stereotypes4 German and National as Esthetic Criteria in Early Nineteenth-Century Opera Criticism; 4.1 Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio; 4.2 E.T.A. Hoffmann's Undine; 4.3 Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz; 2 ""Romanticizing the Singspiel"": The Intersection of Romantic Opera and German National Opera between 1800 and 1821; 1 Theoretical Concerns; 1.1 Romantic Opera, a German Invention?; 1.2 Opera and the Process of Romanticization; 1.3 ""Trivial"" versus ""Elevated"" Romanticism and Foreign Impulses
- 1.4 Romantic Opera as a Combination of Enchantment and Dramatic Focus2 E.T.A. Hofmann's Romantic Operas: From Romanticized Classicism to a Transfigured Folk Style; 2.1 Der Trank der Unsterblichkeit; 2.2 Aurora; 2.3 Das Donauweibchen (Kauer/Hensler); 2.4 Undine (Fouqué/Hoffmann); 3 The Elevation of Singspiel in Carl Maria von Weber's Silvana and Der Freischütz; 3.1 Silvana; 3.2 Der Freischütz; 3 ""Die Oper erheben zu größerer Einheit"": Romantic Opera and the Move beyond Spoken Dialogue in the 1820s; 1 Louis Spohr's Aufruf an deutschen Komponisten and Jessonda (1823)
- 2 Weber's Euryanthe (1823)4 ""Blondes et rêveuses primedonnes"" and ""Allies from Abroad"": German-Language Opera Companies Touring Abroad during the First Half of the Nineteenth Century; 1 German Opera in Russia (St. Petersburg and Moscow); 2 German Opera in Paris; 3 German Opera in London; 5 ""Ich bin der deutscheste Mensch, ich bin der deutsche Geist!"": Richard Wagner's Role in the Articulation of a German Opera Identity; 1 ""Unselige Gelehrtheit, dieser Quell aller deutschen Übel!; 2 A German Musician Returns from Paris
- 3 The ""Universally German"" in the Zürich Writings and the Conception of Der Ring des Nibelungen4 ""Vollendet das ewige Werk!"" Bayreuth as a Unification Festival; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index