The politics of appropriation : German romantic music and the ancient Greek legacy / Jason Geary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geary, Jason.

Series:

New Cultural History of Music

The New Cultural History of Music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dramatic music--Germany--19th century--History and criticism.

Dramatic music.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation--Germany.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores the intersection of music and Hellenism in 19th-century Germany. It shows how productions such as that of the Prussian court of Sophocles' Antigone with music by Felix Mendelssohn reflect an effort by the rulers who commissioned them to appropriate the legacy of Greece for the creation of a German cultural and national identity.

Contents:

Cover; The Politics of Appropriation; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Ancient Greece and the German Cultural Imagination; CHAPTER TWO Mendelssohn's Antigone and the Rebirth of Greek Tragedy; CHAPTER THREE The Reception of Antigone and the Aesthetics of Appropriation; CHAPTER FOUR The Growth of a GenreTaubert's Medea and the Greek Stage Revival in Berlin; CHAPTER FIVE Mendelssohn and Oedipus in the Age of Christianity; CHAPTER SIX Lachner and the Emergence of a New Athens; CHAPTER SEVEN The Wagnerian Turn

CHAPTER EIGHT Epilogue The Decline of a GenreNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938950-0

0-19-973611-1

OCLC:

867819306