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Beethoven and Greco-Roman Antiquity
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and objectives -- 1.2 The quest for Bildung -- 1.3 Scholarly writing -- 1.4 Method and structure -- 2 Influences I: Bonn -- 2.1 Bo...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2021
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6697026 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Aims and objectives -- 1.2 The quest for Bildung -- 1.3 Scholarly writing -- 1.4 Method and structure -- 2 Influences I: Bonn -- 2.1 Bonn politics -- 2.2 The French Revolution and ancient Rome -- 2.3 Brutus and republicanism -- 2.4 The Czerny enigma -- 2.5 Nepos -- 2.6 Cicero and Feder -- 2.7 German Grossmannsucht -- 2.8 The creed of the Illuminati: 'Read the ancients' -- 2.9 Summary -- 3 Influences II: Vienna -- 3.1 Winckelmann and German Classicism -- 3.2 Goethe and Schiller -- 3.3 Ancient texts available in German -- 3.4 Educational material -- 3.5 Antiquity in opera -- 3.6 Painting and sculpture -- 3.7 Summary -- 4 Greek literature I: Homer -- 4.1 The translations by Johann Heinrich Voss -- 4.2 References in primary sources -- 4.3 The canon in Egerton 2795 -- 4.4 Nephew Karl's studies -- 4.5 Beethoven's copy of the Odyssey -- 4.6 Passages that caught Beethoven's eye -- 4.7 The role of Schindler -- 4.8 Summary -- 4.9 Appendix: markings in Homer's Odyssey -- 5 Greek literature II: xenophon, Euripides, and Greek poetry -- 5.1 Xenophon and Platonism -- 5.2 Euripides -- 5.3 The Greek anthology -- 5.4 Summary -- 6 Literature from imperial Rome: Plutarch, Horace, and Tacitus -- 6.1 The Schirach edition -- 6.2 References in the sources -- 6.3 Plutarch's characters -- 6.4 Some effects on Beethoven -- 6.5 Horace -- 6.6 Tacitus -- 6.7 Summary -- 7 The role of Hellenistic philosophy -- 7.1 Platonism and Stoicism -- 7.2 Beethoven's reading -- 7.3 Passions -- 7.4 Moral issues -- 7.5 Summary -- 8 Antiquity in Beethoven's music -- 8.1 A survey of the works -- 8.2 Bacchus -- 8.3 Unresolved dissonances -- 8.4 Other opera plans -- 8.5 Socrates -- 8.6 The problem of Der Sieg des Kreuzes. 9 Closing observations -- 9.1 Overview and analysis of the findings -- 9.2 Implications of the source findings -- 9.3 Possible ramifications for the music -- 9.4 Conclusions and recommendations -- Literature cited -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (289 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781000442779 |
