Choral Fantasies

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-54363-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

Most histories of nineteenth-century music portray 'the people' merely as an audience, a passive spectator to the music performed around it. Yet, in this reappraisal of choral singing and public culture, Minor shows how a burgeoning German bourgeoisie sang of its own collective aspirations, mediated through the voice of celebrity composers. As both performer and idealized community, the chorus embodied the possibilities and limitations of a participatory, national identity. Starting with the many public festivals at which the chorus was a featured participant, Minor's account of the music written for these occasions breaks new ground not only by taking seriously these often-neglected works, but also by showing how the contested ideals of German nationhood suffused the music itself. In situating both music and festive culture within the milieu of German bourgeois liberals, this study uncovers new connections between music and politics during a century that sought to redefine both spheres.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Minor, Ryan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassik (ca. 1750-1830)
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Choral fantasies from Beethoven to the Vormärz; 2. Memory and multiplicity in Felix Mendelssohn's 'Gutenberg' works; 3. Prophet and populace in Liszt's 'Beethoven' cantatas; 4. Songs and states in Brahms's Triumphlied and Wagner's Kaisermarsch; 5. Occasions and nations in Brahms's Fest- und Gedenksprüche.

Über Autor(innen)

Minor, Ryan
Ryan Minor is Associate Professor of Music at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His research focuses primarily on the musical and political culture of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany, with special emphasis on opera, choral music and music's participation in the public sphere. He has published widely on Wagner and serves as an Associate Editor of The Opera Quarterly.