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Beethoven after Napoleon : political romanticism in the late works / / Stephen Rumph



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Autore: Rumph Stephen C Visualizza persona
Titolo: Beethoven after Napoleon : political romanticism in the late works / / Stephen Rumph Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
Disciplina: 780/.92
Soggetto topico: Romanticism in music
Soggetto geografico: Europe History 1789-1900
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.
Nota di contenuto: A 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.
Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Beethoven after Napoleon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-75922-1
9786612759222
0-520-93012-6
1-59734-484-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826745803321
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Serie: California studies in 19th century music ; ; 14.