Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis night : the heathen muse in European culture, 1700-1850 / Joh...
Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis night : the heathen muse in European culture, 1700-1850 / Joh...
Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis night : the heathen muse in European culture, 1700-1850 / John Michael Cooper.
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Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N700.94/14
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English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
The cultural and religious prehistories -- Tolerance, translation, and acceptance : Goethe's and Mendelssohn's voices in European cultural discourse to ca. 1850 -- Reality and illusion, past and present : Goethe and the Walpurgisnacht -- The composition, revision, and publication of Mendelssohn's Di...
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Publisher
Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"After exploring how a notoriously pagan celebration came to be named after the Christian missionary St. Walpurgis (ca. 710-79), John Michael Cooper discusses the Night's treatments in several closely interwoven works by Goethe and Mendelssohn. His book situates those works in their immediate personal and professional contexts, as well as among tre...
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Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis night : the heathen muse in European culture, 1700-1850 / John Michael Cooper.
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Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; v. 43.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N700.94/14
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74VKRpmjaVQd
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ISBN
9781580462525 (hardcover)
1580462529
DDC
700.9409034
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991023026339702626
