Speaking German Musically: Poetic Recitation in Central Europe, 1760-1820 - Couverture rigide

Waeber, Jacqueline

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1837652147 ISBN 13 : 9781837652143

Editeur : Boydell & Brewer, 2025

Synopsis

Shows how poetic recitation and the interweaving of music and poetry contributed to the advent of a German identity in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe.

The art of reciting a text out loud, known as Vortragskunst, be it in a private circle or in a concert hall, originated in German-speaking countries in the 1760s, and by the nineteenth century had become a well-established practice subjected to an artistic blossoming unparalleled in the rest of Europe.

In this book Jacqueline Waeber explains and examines how and why this happened, focusing on the origins of poetic recitation and its development during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period essential to the development of modern German literature and theatre, bookended by the two main figures who contributed to the theoretical and aesthetical tenets of poetic recitation, the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Poetic recitation quickly gained attraction for the Lied and the musical melodrama, both musical genres that were driven by a search for new declamatory styles. As a result, poetic recitation became increasingly 'musicalized' by the frequent addition of a musical accompaniment. As the book shows, this intertwining of music and poetry made a huge contribution to the advent of German identity through the reappraisal of its language.

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À propos de l'auteur

JACQUELINE WAEBER is Associate Professor of Music at Duke University, North Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Boydell & Brewer
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1837652147
• ISBN 13: 9781837652143
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 506
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible