LEADER 03098nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910828586703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07192-0 010 $a9786612071928 010 $a0-253-10133-6 010 $a0-253-10962-0 035 $a(CKB)111056485407328 035 $a(EBL)139615 035 $a(OCoLC)51665742 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000118222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10051329 035 $a(PQKB)11128270 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC139615 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL139615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10019128 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207192 035 $a(PPN)220427968 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485407328 100 $a20020425d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCarl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera /$fStephen C. Meyer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34185-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aStephen 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. 606 $aOpera$zGermany$y18th century 606 $aOpera$zGermany$y19th century 615 0$aOpera 615 0$aOpera 676 $a782.1092 700 $aMeyer$b Stephen C.$f1963-$01600914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828586703321 996 $aCarl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera$93968038 997 $aUNINA