In New Paths, five renowned scholars discuss a variety of topics
related to Romanticism, focusing especially on the years 1800 1840.
In a much-needed historical and critical overview of the concept of
organicism, John Neubauer ranges from its origins in Enlightenment
biology to its aftermath in postmodernism. Janet Schmalfeldt shows
that not only Beethoven's op.47 should be called the Bridgetower
rather than the Kreutzer Sonata but also that this makes a
difference as to its meaning. Scott Burnham explains extreme
contrasts between emotional and mechanical types of music in late
Beethoven as stagings of the limits of human subjectivity. Jim
Samson discusses Chopin's little-known musical upbringing in
Warsaw, arguing that his grounding in eighteenth-century aesthetics
(as opposed to theory) has thus far been neglected. Finally, Susan
Youens's case study of Franz Lachner's Heine songs sheds light on
radical experimentation by a so-called epigone in the period
between Schubert and Schumann's miracle song year.
Contributors: Scott Burnham, Princeton University; John
Neubauer, University of Amsterdam; Jim Samson, Royal Holloway,
University of London; Janet Schmalfeldt, Tufts University; Susan
Youens, University of Notre Dame"
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