LEADER 03589nam 22006734a 450 001 9910450433903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-75922-1 010 $a9786612759222 010 $a0-520-93012-6 010 $a1-59734-484-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520930124 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024205 035 $a(EBL)223017 035 $a(OCoLC)70752245 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124463 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10059859 035 $a(PQKB)11431490 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084661 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223017 035 $a(OCoLC)56733720 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30508 035 $a(DE-B1597)519455 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520930124 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223017 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10068578 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275922 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024205 100 $a20031110d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeethoven after Napoleon$b[electronic resource] $epolitical romanticism in the late works /$fStephen Rumph 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aCalifornia studies in 19th century music ;$v14 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-23855-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index. 327 $aA kingdom not of this world -- The heroic sublime -- Promethean history -- 1809 -- Contrapunctus I: prelude and fugue -- Contrapunctus II: double fugue -- Androgynous utopias -- Vox populi, vox dei -- A modernist epilogue. 330 $aIn this provocative analysis of Beethoven's late style, Stephen Rumph demonstrates how deeply political events shaped the composer's music, from his early enthusiasm for the French Revolution to his later entrenchment during the Napoleonic era. Impressive in its breadth of research as well as for its devotion to interdisciplinary work in music history, Beethoven after Napoleon challenges accepted views by illustrating the influence of German Romantic political thought in the formation of the artist's mature style. Beethoven's political views, Rumph argues, were not quite as liberal as many have assumed. While scholars agree that the works of the Napoleonic era such as the Eroica Symphony or Fidelio embody enlightened, revolutionary ideals of progress, freedom, and humanism, Beethoven's later works have attracted less political commentary. Rumph contends that the later works show clear affinities with a native German ideology that exalted history, religion, and the organic totality of state and society. He claims that as the Napoleonic Wars plunged Europe into political and economic turmoil, Beethoven's growing antipathy to the French mirrored the experience of his Romantic contemporaries. Rumph maintains that Beethoven's turn inward is no pessimistic retreat but a positive affirmation of new conservative ideals. 410 0$aCalifornia studies in 19th century music ;$v14. 606 $aRomanticism in music 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y1789-1900 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRomanticism in music. 676 $a780/.92 700 $aRumph$b Stephen C$01035028 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450433903321 996 $aBeethoven after Napoleon$92476867 997 $aUNINA