Mendelssohn, the organ, and the music of the past : constructing historical legacies /

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By upbringing, family connections, and education, Felix Mendelssohn was ideally positioned to contribute to the historical legacies of the German people, who in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars discovered that they were a nation with a distinct culture. The number of cultural icons of German nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thym, Jürgen, 1943- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Colección:Eastman studies in music ; v. 118.
Temas:
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, > 1809-1847.
Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix > 1809-1847
1800-1899
Organ music > Germany > 19th century > History and criticism.
Orgue, Musique d' > Allemagne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Organ music.
Rezeption
Alte Musik
Orgelmusik
Germany.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:By upbringing, family connections, and education, Felix Mendelssohn was ideally positioned to contribute to the historical legacies of the German people, who in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars discovered that they were a nation with a distinct culture. The number of cultural icons of German nationalism that Mendelssohn "discovered," promoted, or was asked to promote (by way of commissions) in his compositions is striking: Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press, Dürer and Nuremberg, Luther and the Augsburg Confession as the manifesto of Protestantism, Bach and the St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven and his claims to universal brotherhood. The essays in this volume investigate Mendelssohn's relationship to the music of the past from a variety of perspectives, including the pervasive presence of Bach's music within the larger Mendelssohn family, the influence of Beethoven in the Reformation Symphony, and Mendelssohn's compositions for organ and his relationship to English organs in particular. Together, they shed light on the construction of legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781580468701
1580468705
ISSN:1071-9989 ;

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