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Prometheus in Music - Representations of the Myth in the Romantic Era (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,827
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Prometheus in Music - Representations of the Myth in the Romantic Era (Paperback): Paul Bertagnolli

Prometheus in Music - Representations of the Myth in the Romantic Era (Paperback)

Paul Bertagnolli

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The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, the primordial Titan who defied the Olympian gods by stealing fire from the heavens as a gift for humanity, enjoyed unprecedented popularity during the Romantic era. An international coterie of writers such as Goethe, Monti, Byron, the Shelleys, Sainte-Helene, Coleridge, Browning, and Bridges engaged with the legend, while composers such as Beethoven, Reichardt, Schubert, Wolf, Liszt, Halevy, Saint-SaA"ns, Holmes, Faure, Parry, Goldmark, and Bargiel based works of diverse genres on the fable. Romantic authors and composers developed a unique perspective on the myth, emphasizing its themes of rebellion, punishment for transgression and creative autonomy, in great contrast to artists of the preceding era, who more characteristically ignored the tribulations of Prometheus and depicted him as the animator of a naA-ve, Arcadian mankind who, when awakened from their spiritual dormancy, expressed astonishment at the wonders of nature and paid homage to the Titan as a new god. Paul Bertagnolli charts the progress of the myth during the nineteenth century, as it articulates an extraordinary variety of issues pertaining to culture, society, aesthetics, and philosophy. Drawing on archival research, dance history, sketch studies, literary theory, linear analysis, topos theory, and reception history, individual chapters demonstrate that the legend served as a vehicle to express opinions on subjects as diverse as aristocratic patronage, movements of the body on the public stage, rebellion against political and religious authority, outright atheism, humanitarianism of the German Enlightenment, interest in the music of Greek antiquity, industrialization, nationalism inflamed by war, populism, and the aesthetics of musical form. Composers often resorted to varied and unorthodox musical techniques in order to reflect such remarkable subjects: Beethoven outraged critics by implying a key other than the tonic at the outset of the overture to

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: November 2016
First published: 2007
Authors: Paul Bertagnolli
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-26497-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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LSN: 1-138-26497-0
Barcode: 9781138264977

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