Die Erste Walpurgisnacht

Author : John Michael Cooper
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : 1580462529

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Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night by John Michael Cooper Pdf

Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night is a book about tolerance and acceptance in the face of cultural, political, and religious strife. Its point of departure is the Walpurgis Night. The Night, also known as Beltane or May Eve, was supposedly an annual witches' Sabbath that centered around the Brocken, the highest peak of the Harz Mountains. After exploring how a notoriously pagan celebration came to be named after the Christian missionary St. Walpurgis (ca. 710-79), John Michael Cooper discusses the Night's treatments in several closely interwoven works by Goethe and Mendelssohn. His book situates those works in their immediate personal and professional contexts, as well as among treatments by a wide array of other artists, philosophers, and political thinkers, including Voltaire, Lessing, Shelley, Heine, Delacroix, and Berlioz. In an age of decisive political and religious conflict, Walpurgis Night became a heathen muse: a source of inspiration that was neither specifically Christian, nor Jewish, nor Muslim. And Mendelssohn's and Goethe's engagements with it offer new insights into its role in European cultural history, as well as into issues of political, religious, and social identity -- and the relations between cultural groups -- in today's world. John Michael Cooper (Southwestern University) is the author of Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony (Oxford University Press).

Author : Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780895796240

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Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Pdf

N49P Piano-vocal score (2008) xiv + 118 pp. $55.00 The first version of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's secular cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht (The First Walpurgis Night) was composed during the last years of the composer's decade-long friendship with the work's poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was premiered less than a year after Goethe's death, but despite his enthusiasm for the work Mendelssohn was unable to return to it as a publication project for several years. He did finally revise and publish it in 1842-44, and in that guise it won considerable acclaim, but by then Mendelssohn's professional standing had changed significantly, and so had the work itself. This edition represents the first publication of the young and unestablished Mendelssohn's early setting af Goethe's provocative ballad concerning the eighth-century conflict between paganism and Christianity in Germany. The work is masterful in its own right, and the similarities and differences between it and the later version offer telling insights into Mendelssohn's compositional development. The piano-vocal score incorporates Mendelssohn's own manuscript of a four-hand arrangement of the orchestral introduction.

Author : Conrad Wilson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802829953

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Notes on Mendelssohn by Conrad Wilson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1926
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1262557263

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Die erste Walpurgisnacht by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicole Grimes,Angela Mace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317097389

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Mendelssohn Perspectives by Nicole Grimes,Angela Mace Pdf

If the invective of Nietzsche and Shaw is to be taken as an endorsement of the lasting quality of an artist, then Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy takes pride of place beside Tennyson and Brahms in the canon of great nineteenth-century artists. Mendelssohn Perspectives presents valuable new insights into Mendelssohn’s music, biography and reception. Critically engaging a wide range of source materials, the volume combines traditional musical-analytical studies with those that draw on other humanistic disciplines to shed new light on the composer’s life, and on his contemporary and posthumous reputations. Together, these essays bring new historical and interpretive dimensions to Mendelssohn studies. The volume offers essays on Mendelssohn's Jewishness, his vast correspondence, his music for the stage, and his relationship with music of the past and future, as well as the compositional process and handling of form in the music of both Mendelssohn and his sister, the composer Fanny Hensel. German literature and aesthetics, gender and race, philosophy and science, and issues of historicism all come to bear on these new perspectives on Mendelssohn.

Author : John Michael Cooper,Angela R. Mace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135965594

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by John Michael Cooper,Angela R. Mace Pdf

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Research and Information Guide is a valuable tool for any scholar, performer, or music student interested in accessing the most pertinent resources on the life, works, and cultural context of the composer. It is an updated, annotated bibliography of resources on the biographical, musical, and religious aspects of Mendelssohn's life.

Author : Dr Angela Mace,Dr Nicole Grimes
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409484141

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Mendelssohn Perspectives by Dr Angela Mace,Dr Nicole Grimes Pdf

If the invective of Nietzsche and Shaw is to be taken as an endorsement of the lasting quality of an artist, then Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy takes pride of place beside Tennyson and Brahms in the canon of great nineteenth-century artists. Mendelssohn Perspectives presents valuable new insights into Mendelssohn’s music, biography and reception. Critically engaging a wide range of source materials, the volume combines traditional musical-analytical studies with those that draw on other humanistic disciplines to shed new light on the composer’s life, and on his contemporary and posthumous reputations. Together, these essays bring new historical and interpretive dimensions to Mendelssohn studies. The volume offers essays on Mendelssohn's Jewishness, his vast correspondence, his music for the stage, and his relationship with music of the past and future, as well as the compositional process and handling of form in the music of both Mendelssohn and his sister, the composer Fanny Hensel. German literature and aesthetics, gender and race, philosophy and science, and issues of historicism all come to bear on these new perspectives on Mendelssohn.

Author : Simon Richter
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1571132953

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Goethe Yearbook 12 by Simon Richter Pdf

Volume 12 is dedicated to founding editor Thomas P. Saine, and includes essays on Goethe's novels, plays, and poems, the Ilmpark, Bach, Ossian, Goethe reception, and Schiller. The Goethe Yearbook, first published in 1982, is a publication of the Goethe Society of North America and is dedicated to North American Goethe scholarship. It aims above all to encourage and publish original English-language contributions to the understanding of Goethe and other authors of the Goethezeit, while also welcoming contributions from scholars around the world. The book review section seeks likewise to evaluate a wide selection ofrecent publications on the period, and is important for all scholars of 18th-century literature. Volume 12 honors founding editor Thomas P. Saine with contributions from prominent scholars such as Ehrhard Bahr, Benjamin Bennett, Dieter Borchmeyer, Jane Brown, Jill Kowalik, Ruth Kluger, Meredith Lee, John McCarthy, Jeff Sammons, Helmut Schneider, Hans Vaget, and more. The volume includes essays on Goethe's novels, plays, and poems, the Ilmpark, Bach, Ossian, Goethe reception, and Schiller. Simon J. Richter is associate professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Book review editor Martha B. Helfer is associate professor of German at the University of Utah.

Author : John Michael Cooper,Julie D. Prandi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0198167237

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The Mendelssohns by John Michael Cooper,Julie D. Prandi Pdf

Since about 1970 there has been a veritable renaissance in scholarship and performances concerning the works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Fanny Hensel. The essays in this book, presenting the findings of three generations of members of the international community of Mendelssohn/Hensel scholars, constitute a compendium of cutting-edge research relating to these two important representatives of nineteenth-century musical culture.

Author : Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442244672

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Choral-Orchestral Repertoire by Jonathan D. Green,David W. Oertel Pdf

Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: A Conductor’s Guide, Omnibus Edition offers an expansive compilation of choral-orchestral works from 1600 to the present. Synthesizing Jonathan D. Green’s earlier six volumes on this repertoire, this edition updates and adds to the over 750 oratorios, cantatas, choral symphonies, masses, secular works for large and small ensembles, and numerous settings of liturgical and biblical texts for a wide variety of vocal and instrumental combinations. Each entry includes a brief biographical sketch of the composer, approximate duration, text sources, performing forces, available editions, and locations of manuscript materials, as well as descriptive commentary, a discography, and a bibliography. Unique to this edition are practitioner’s evaluations of the performance issues presented in each score. These include the range, tessitura, and nature of each solo role and a determination of the difficulty of the choral and orchestral portions of each composition. There is also a description of the specific challenges, staffing, and rehearsal expectations related to the performance of each work. Choral-Orchestral Repertoire is an essential resource for conductors and students of conducting as they search for repertoire appropriate to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles.

Author : R. Larry Todd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195179880

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Mendelssohn by R. Larry Todd Pdf

A portrait of the distinguished composer, musician, and artist draws on his correspondence, diaries, and creative works to analyze his most distinctive achievements as well as his lesser-known pieces, exploring his religious heritage, role as a Jewish performer, and complex relationship with his sister. (Biography)

Author : Jeffrey S. Sposato
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195149746

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The Price of Assimilation by Jeffrey S. Sposato Pdf

"Through a mix of cultural analysis, biographical study, and a close examination of original sources and drafts of Mendelssohn's sacred works, The Price of Assimilation provides dramatic new answers to the so-called "Mendelssohn Jewish question.""--Jacket.

Author : Benedict Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781139501361

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Mendelssohn, Time and Memory by Benedict Taylor Pdf

Felix Mendelssohn has long been viewed as one of the most historically minded composers in western music. This book explores the conceptions of time, memory and history found in his instrumental compositions, presenting an intriguing new perspective on his ever-popular music. Focusing on Mendelssohn's innovative development of cyclic form, Taylor investigates how the composer was influenced by the aesthetic and philosophical movements of the period. This is of key importance not only for reconsideration of Mendelssohn's work and its position in nineteenth-century culture, but also more generally concerning the relationship between music, time and subjectivity. One of very few detailed accounts of Mendelssohn's music, the study presents a new and provocative reading of the meaning of the composer's work by connecting it to wider cultural and philosophical ideas.

Author : John Michael Cooper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198166532

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Mendelssohn's 'Italian' Symphony by John Michael Cooper Pdf

This study of the composition, reception, extramusical implications and stylistic eclecticism of Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony devotes extensive attention to the differences between the posthumously published familiar version of the work and the composer's revision, which remained unpublised until 2001.

Author : Chester L. Alwes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199377015

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A History of Western Choral Music by Chester L. Alwes Pdf

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the Renaissance era up to the 21st century. Volume II begins at the transition from the Classical era to the Romantic, with an examination of the major genres common to both periods. Exploring the oratorio, part song, and dramatic music, it also offers a thorough discussion of the choral symphony from Beethoven to Mahler, through to the present day. It then delves into the choral music of the twentieth century through discussions of the major compositional approaches and philosophies that proliferated over the course of the century, from impressionism to serialism, neo-classicism to modernism, minimalism, and the avant-garde. It also considers the emerging tendency towards nationalistic composition amongst composers such as Bartók and Stravinsky, and discusses in great detail the contemporary music of the United States, and Great Britain. Framing discussion within the political, religious, cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and technological contexts of each era, A History of Western Choral Music offers readers specialized insight into major composers and works while providing a cohesive understanding of choral music's place in Western history.