E.T.A. Hoffman and Music / R. Murray Schafer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schafer, R. Murray, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822.

Hoffmann, E. T. A.

Romanticism in music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a man of diversified talents -- an artist, composer, conductor, critic, jurist, and writer. This book presents an over-all picture of romanticism in its incipient years.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 E.T.A. Hoffmann: Life and Credentials; 3 Ritter Gluck: A Recollection from the Year 1809 (Hoffmann); 4 Five Romantic Concepts; 5 Baroness Seraphina (Hoffmann); 6 Inspiritrice; 7 Ombra adorata (Hoffmann); 8 A Romanticist's Don Giovanni; 9 Don Juan: A Fabulous Incident which Befell a Travelling Enthusiast (Hoffmann); 10 Composers; 11 Beethoven's Instrumental Music (Hoffmann); 12 The Critic; 13 Ancient and Modern Church Music (Hoffmann); 14 The Absolute Musician: Johannes Kreisler; 15 Of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler's Musical Sorrows (Hoffmann)

16 Philistines17 Reflections on the High Value of Music (Hoffmann); 18 Ecstasy; 19 Kreisler's Musical-Poetical Club (Hoffmann); 20 Synaesthesia; 21 The Cosmology Configured; Appendix A Notes on the Translations; Appendix B E.T.A. Hoffmann as Composer; Appendix c E.T.A. Hoffmann's Legacy; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8330-3

OCLC:

1129154122