03098nam 2200613Ia 450 991082858670332120200520144314.01-282-07192-097866120719280-253-10133-60-253-10962-0(CKB)111056485407328(EBL)139615(OCoLC)51665742(SSID)ssj0000118222(PQKBManifestationID)11136294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118222(PQKBWorkID)10051329(PQKB)11128270(MiAaPQ)EBC139615(MdBmJHUP)muse16887(Au-PeEL)EBL139615(CaPaEBR)ebr10019128(CaONFJC)MIL207192(PPN)220427968(EXLCZ)9911105648540732820020425d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCarl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera /Stephen C. Meyer1st ed.Bloomington Indiana University Press20031 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34185-X Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.Introduction : Inventing German opera -- The native and the foreign : models for the German opera -- Der Freischutz and the character of the nation -- Euryanthe : reconfiguration and transformation -- Epilogue : Institutions, aesthetics, and genre after Weber's death -- Appendices. Synopsis of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Comparative table : versions of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Synopsis of Mehul's Joseph ; Comparative table : revisions to the final chorus of Joseph.Stephen C. Meyer details the intricate relationships between the operas Der Freischütz and Euryanthe, and contemporary discourse on both the "Germany of the imagination" and the new nation itself. In so doing, he presents excerpts from a wide range of philosophical, political, and musical writings, many of which are little known and otherwise unavailable in English. Individual chapters trace the multidimensional concept of German and "foreign" opera through the 19th century. Meyer's study of Der Freischütz places the work within the context of emerging German nationalism, and a chapter on Euryanthe addresses the opera's stylistic and topical shifts in light of changing cultural and aesthetic circumstances. As a result, Meyer argues that the search for a new German opera was not merely an aesthetic movement, but a political and social critique as well.OperaGermany18th centuryOperaGermany19th centuryOperaOpera782.1092Meyer Stephen C.1963-1600914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828586703321Carl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera3968038UNINA