The Catholic Beethoven / Nicholas Chong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chong, Nicholas, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Criticism and interpretation.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Religion.

Catholic Church--Germany.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'The Catholic Beethoven' offers a new view of Beethoven and his religious music by demonstrating that both the composer and his sacred works were influenced by the German Catholicism of his era to a much greater extent than has been thought. It draws on revisionist historical research into the role of religion in the Enlightenment, especially the Catholic Enlightenment, to interpret both the composer's religious works and documentary evidence of his spiritual outlook. In addition, it is a book-length treatment of Beethoven's sacred music that is not focused only on the Missa solemnis, but also examines the Mass in C, Christus am Ölberge, and the Gellert Lieder.

Contents:

German Catholicism in Beethoven's time : Catholic Enlightenment and Restoration

Beethoven and the Catholic Enlightenment in Bonn

Beethoven's religious works before the Missa solemnis : the Gellert Lieder, Christus am Ölberge, and the Mass in C

Religion in Beethoven's library : Christoph Christian Sturm and Ignaz Aurelius Fessler

Beethoven and Johann Michael Sailer

The Missa solemnis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780197752937

0197752934

9780197752951

0197752950

OCLC:

1473933272