Nikolaus Dumba 1830 1900

Author : John Tzafettas,Elvira Konecny
Publisher : AKAKIA Publications
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781910714188

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Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900) by John Tzafettas,Elvira Konecny Pdf

Nikolaus Dumba, was a most inspired and enthusiastic Viennese who became Maecenas of the Arts and national benefactor for Austria and Greece. He was most prominent in Vienna’s cultural life in the 2nd half of the 19th century and was acclaimed as a ‘genius of the Muses’, although he also distinguished himself in other fields, such as those of politics and finance. He had a leading role in the shaping of New Vienna. «...without Dumba many of the Vienna monuments would have never been created, neither of Schubert, Schiller, Beethoven or Grillparzer, nor that of Motzart and Makart»(Neue Freie Presse 25.03.1900). His personal friends Johannes Brahms and Johann Strauss extolled the legendary role he played in music and the arts and in the ‘expansion and embellishment’ of the city of Vienna by dedicating the choral waltz Neu Wien (New Vienna) to him. The ‘immortal’ Donauwalzer (Blue Danube Waltz), may have not existed without his personal intervention as President then of the ‘Vienna Men’s Choral Society’. He is best known as «founder of the Musikverein in its present form...» in the Dumba Strasse. He donated the ‘Dumba-Schubert collection’, the largest in the world, to the Vienna Library. Nikolaus Dumba made a distinct political career as Member of the Austrian Parliament for 30 years (1870-1900) and served as personal adviser to the emperor Franz Josef. His name was registered in the Golden Book of Vienna’s Honorary Citizens and his tomb is included among those of the great composers in the Vienna’s Central Cemetery.

Author : J. M. Tzafettas,E. Konecny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910714208

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Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900) by J. M. Tzafettas,E. Konecny Pdf

Author : John Tzafettas,Elvira Konecny
Publisher : AKAKIA Publications
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781910714171

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Nikolaus Dumba (1830-1900) by John Tzafettas,Elvira Konecny Pdf

Nikolaus Dumba, was a most inspired and enthusiastic Viennese who became Maecenas of the Arts and national benefactor for Austria and Greece. He was most prominent in Vienna’s cultural life in the 2nd half of the 19th century and was acclaimed as a ‘genius of the Muses’, although he also distinguished himself in other fields, such as those of politics and finance. He had a leading role in the shaping of New Vienna. «...without Dumba many of the Vienna monuments would have never been created, neither of Schubert, Schiller, Beethoven or Grillparzer, nor that of Motzart and Makart»(Neue Freie Presse 25.03.1900). His personal friends Johannes Brahms and Johann Strauss extolled the legendary role he played in music and the arts and in the ‘expansion and embellishment’ of the city of Vienna by dedicating the choral waltz Neu Wien (New Vienna) to him. The ‘immortal’ Donauwalzer (Blue Danube Waltz), may have not existed without his personal intervention as President then of the ‘Vienna Men’s Choral Society’. He is best known as «founder of the Musikverein in its present form...» in the Dumba Strasse. He donated the ‘Dumba-Schubert collection’, the largest in the world, to the Vienna Library. Nikolaus Dumba made a distinct political career as Member of the Austrian Parliament for 30 years (1870-1900) and served as personal adviser to the emperor Franz Josef. His name was registered in the Golden Book of Vienna’s Honorary Citizens and his tomb is included among those of the great composers in the Vienna’s Central Cemetery.

Author : Christopher H. Gibbs,Morten Solvik
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400865352

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Franz Schubert and His World by Christopher H. Gibbs,Morten Solvik Pdf

The life, times, and music of Franz Schubert During his short lifetime, Franz Schubert (1797–1828) contributed to a wide variety of musical genres, from intimate songs and dances to ambitious chamber pieces, symphonies, and operas. The essays and translated documents in Franz Schubert and His World examine his compositions and ties to the Viennese cultural context, revealing surprising and overlooked aspects of his music. Contributors explore Schubert's youthful participation in the Nonsense Society, his circle of friends, and changing views about the composer during his life and in the century after his death. New insights are offered about the connections between Schubert’s music and the popular theater of the day, his strategies for circumventing censorship, the musical and narrative relationships linking his song settings of poems by Gotthard Ludwig Kosegarten, and musical tributes he composed to commemorate the death of Beethoven just twenty months before his own. The book also includes translations of excerpts from a literary journal produced by Schubert’s classmates and of Franz Liszt’s essay on the opera Alfonso und Estrella. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Leon Botstein, Lisa Feurzeig, John Gingerich, Kristina Muxfeldt, and Rita Steblin.

Author : Matthew Rampley
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271062600

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The Vienna School of Art History by Matthew Rampley Pdf

Matthew Rampley’s The Vienna School of Art History is the first book in over seventy-five years to study in depth and in context the practices of art history from 1847, the year the first teaching position in the discipline was created, to 1918, the collapse of Austria-Hungary. It traces the emergence of art history as a discipline, the establishment of norms of scholarly inquiry, and the involvement of art historians in wider debates about the cultural and political identity of the monarchy. The so-called Vienna School plays the central role in the study, but Rampley also examines the formation of art history elsewhere in Austria-Hungary. Located in the Habsburg imperial capital, Vienna art historians frequently became entangled in debates that were of importance to art historians elsewhere in the Empire, and Rampley pays particular attention to these areas of overlapping interest. He also analyzes the methodological innovations for which the Vienna School was well known. Rampley focuses most fully, however, on the larger political and ideological context of the practice of art history—particularly the way in which art-historical debates served as proxies for wider arguments over the political, social, and cultural life of the Habsburg Empire.

Author : Maria L. Politē,Eleni Pappa
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780876614075

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Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library by Maria L. Politē,Eleni Pappa Pdf

Greek manuscript production has a long and fascinating history, covering almost every a rea of intellectual, religious, literary, and administrative endeavor in the Greek-speaking world of the medieval and early modern eras. Exploring Greek Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library features 12 essays on the tremendously rich and exquisite Greek manuscript collection of the Gennadius Library. Each of rich and exquisite Greek manuscript collection of the Gennadius Library. Each of the authors is a leading manuscript scholar, and each chapter is illustrated by color plates highlighting some of the most interesting and beautiful examples held in the Library's care. The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the Greek Paleographical Society have joined together to produce this volume on Greek manuscripts in both Greek and English. Their publications marks the relaunch of the Gennadeion Monographs series and allows the American School of Classical Studies to continue its commitment to bilingual publishing. Maria L. Politi is President of the Greek Paleographical Society. Eleni Pappa is a researcher at the Academy of Athens.

Author : Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej Górny,Vangelis Kechriotis
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9786155211942

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Modernism by Ahmet Ersoy,Maciej Górny,Vangelis Kechriotis Pdf

Fifty-one texts illustrate the evolution of modernism in Eastern Europe. Essays, articles, poems, or excerpts from longer works offer new opportunities of possible comparisons of the respective national cultures. The volume focuses on the literary and scientific attempts at squaring the circle of individual and collective identities. Often outspokenly critical of the romantic episteme, these texts reflect a more sophisticated and critical stance than in the preceding periods. At the same time, rather than representing a complete rupture, they often continue and confirm the romantic identity narratives, albeit with "other means". The volume also presents the ways national minorities sought to legitimize their existence with reference to their cultural and institutional peculiarity.

Author : Basil C. Gounaris,Ioannis D. Stefanidis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000683929

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Demon Entrepreneurs: Refashioning the ‘Greek Genius’ in Modern Times by Basil C. Gounaris,Ioannis D. Stefanidis Pdf

The ‘Greek genius’ appears as the combination of two stereotypes with a long pedigree: Homer’s ingenious Odysseus, triumphing with tricks over his foes, and Virgil’s ‘deceitful Odysseus’, the impostor Greek. Adamantios Korais, the leading scholar who almost single-handedly refashioned the Greek nation, fully appreciated the importance of Greek shipping and commerce, and the wealth they generated for the spread of Enlightenment ideas and the quest for political emancipation in the Greek lands. In this context, the ‘genius’ and the consequent economic success have long been considered the essential prerequisites for the spreading of Greek education and, ultimately, national revival. Reversely, Greek education and consciousness-building via economic success are taken as proof of the immanent ‘Greek genius’. As a popular myth of redemption, this stereotype persists in a country of rather limited resources and uncertain prospects. This volume seeks to identify both the content and the ways that the ‘Greek genius’ has long worked at the political, social and economic level. Based on a collective research project, it offers an original contribution to the broader discussion generated by the current Greek national bicentenary. This book will appeal to all those interested in the idea of the Greek 'national character’ as well as international perceptions of Greek culture, education, and society during the modern era.

Author : Michael Falser
Publisher : Springer
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319136387

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Cultural Heritage as Civilizing Mission by Michael Falser Pdf

This book investigates the role of cultural heritage as a constitutive dimension of different civilizing missions from the colonial era to the present. It includes case studies of the Habsburg Empire and German colonialism in Africa, Asian case studies of (post)colonial India and the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, China and French Indochina, and a special discussion on 20th-century Cambodia and the temples of Angkor. The themes examined range from architectural and intellectual history to historic preservation and restoration. Taken together, they offer an overview of historical processes spanning two centuries of institutional practices, wherein the concept of cultural heritage was appropriated both by political regimes and for UNESCO World Heritage agendas.

Author : Donald Mitchell,Andrew Nicholson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199249652

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The Mahler Companion by Donald Mitchell,Andrew Nicholson Pdf

'the one-stop guide to Mahler -- a volume of essays covering the widest range of Mahlerian topics, designed both for the academic and serious amateur music-lover... The core of the compendium is its coverage of all the main works, carrying recent research, with plentiful musical examples and other illustrations.' -Andrew Green, Classical Music 08/11/1999'beautifully produced volume... a tribute that surveys the familiar with affectionate new insights... all the articles on Mahler's reception outside Austria, both during his life and after, make for fascinating reading.' -David Nice, BBC Music Magazine October 1999'The Mahler Companion constitutes a distinguished and fitting monument to Mitchell's lifelong devotion to Mahler, and, in mustering so much talent in one volume, there is no doubt that it will deservedly take its place among the most significant publications on the composer.' -Jeremy Barham, Music andamp; LettersA brilliant gathering of international Mahler specialists write about Mahler's music from a variety of standpoints. The global spread of the authors is matched by a series of chapters that document the global spread of the composer's own symphonies and song cycles, while hitherto unexplored areas of research receive attention, both places (such as London and Prague) and people (Mahler's only surviving and highly talented daughter--a sculptor--Anna. In short, a volume that draws on the best resources and most up-to-date information about the composer and will undoubtedly act as the authoritative guide for Mahler enthusiasts for years to come.

Author : J. Kwan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137366924

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Liberalism and the Habsburg Monarchy, 1861-1895 by J. Kwan Pdf

Often the liberal movement has been viewed through the lens of its later German nationalism. This presents only one facet of a wide-ranging, all-encompassing project to regenerate the Habsburg Monarchy. By analysing its various nuances, this volume provides a new, more positive interpretation of Austro-German liberalism.

Author : Leon Botstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Modernism (Music)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008696705

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Music and Its Public by Leon Botstein Pdf

Author : Elisabeth Röhrlich,Agners Meisinger
Publisher : Böhlau Verlag Wien
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783205202585

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Migration und Innovation um 1900 by Elisabeth Röhrlich,Agners Meisinger Pdf

In den Jahrzehnten um 1900 entwickelte sich Wien zu einer der größten Städte Europas. Die Zuwanderung aus allen Teilen der Habsburgermonarchie bedingte jene Diversität, welche die Großstadt Wien erst zur Metropole werden ließ. Viele Protagonisten des kulturellen Booms der Jahrhundertwende waren Zuwanderer der ersten und zweiten Generation. Der Band versammelt Beiträge von österreichischen und internationalen Forschern und Forscherinnen, die sich dem Zusammenhang von Migration und Innovation während der Wiener Jahrhundertwende widmen. Sie beleuchten die diversen Entwicklungen in Kunst, Kultur, Theater, Musik, Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik und geben detaillierte Einblicke in die unterschiedlichen Zuwanderungsgeschichten, welche das Fin de Siècle prägten. Dabei werden Fragen von Identitätskonstruktionen, Netzwerken und kulturellen Transfers neu in den Blick genommen.

Author : H. P. Clive
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 019816582X

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Schubert and His World by H. P. Clive Pdf

This is the first book of its kind on Schubert. It appears at a time when scholarly and general interest in his life and compositions is greater than ever, and its publication coincides with the celebration of the bicentenary of Schubert's birth in 1797. The book opens with a chronicle of Schubert's life, which is followed by more than 300 biographical entries offering information not only on his friends and acquaintances, and on persons with whom he was associated through his music (poets, librettists, publishers, patrons, musicians), but also on a number of later `Schubertians' who greatly advanced public appreciation and scholarly examination of his music or made a particularly significant contribution to our knowledge of his life. The book thus adds a fuller context and perspective to the reader's view of Schubert's activities, and indeed of the music itself.

Author : Armand Duchâteau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015034271612

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Benin by Armand Duchâteau Pdf

"The ancient kingdom of Benin lies in the tropical rain forest of West Africa, in present-day Nigeria. During its classical age, from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, it produced one of the continent's most glorious artistic legacies. To reflect the splendor of the royal court, the Oba (king) commissioned highly skilled artisans to create rare and beautiful works of cast brass and carved ivory. These included human and animal figures, relief plaques, elephant tusks, pendants, bracelets, life-size commemorative heads of Obas and queen mothers, and ceremonial objects to adorn the royal palace and the altars honoring Obas of the past. The exquisite brass heads were intended to function as objects celebrating ancestors, as war trophies, and as focal points for sacrificial ceremonies." "This volume presents a superb selection of artifacts from the Museum fur Volkerkunde in Vienna, home to one of the world's foremost collections of Benin art. Most of these artifacts were acquired at the end of the last century, when the influx of Benin objects into Europe after the destruction of Benin City caused a sensation among art experts and caught the interest of museum representatives and private collectors. Of the more than one hundred works reproduced here in full color, the majority have never been seen as a group in the U.S. Most celebrated are the cast brass sculptures - including the two figures of dwarfs - which have no parallel in sub-Saharan Africa." "A history of the kingdom of Benin up to the British punitive expedition of 1897 provides insight into the politics and culture of one of Africa's greatest civilizations. Further chapters discuss the court hierarchy, the art of brasscasting, the art of Benin and its symbolism, and the history of the Benin Collection in Vienna. To interpret the rich symbolism in Benin art, the book furnishes detailed analyses of the works that are reproduced. In his description of myths and ritual observances, the author presents a fascinating cosmology, in which animals were assigned magical and medicinal powers, and the Oba was seen as an intermediary between the earth and the world of spirits."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved