Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn in context
"An authoritative overview of the personal, professional, cultural, political and religious contexts in which Hensel and Mendelssohn lived. The authors provide insights into nineteenth-century musical culture, including gender roles and private and public music-making, enhancing our understandi...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Cambridge University Press
2026
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| Collection: | Composers in context
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009172769 |
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| Accès en ligne: | Inhaltsbeschreibung: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009172769
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| Notes sur l'auteur: | edited by Thomas Schmidt, Benedict Taylor |
Table des matières:
- I. Family and Upbringing. Berlin Jews in the Long Eighteenth Century / David Conway ; Family Background / Susan Wollenberg ; Education / Cornelia Bartsch ; The Family Cosmos / Beatrix Borchard ; Fanny and Felix's Personal Relationship / Angela R. Mace ; Fanny and Felix's Musical Relationship / R. Larry Todd
- II. Friends and Colleagues. 'Das Rad': Circles of Friendship / Thomas Schmidt ; Adult Friendships / Thomas Schmidt ; Luminaries / John Michael Cooper ; Colleagues (and Friends?) / Maximilian Rosenthal ; Critics / James Garratt ; Relations with Publishers / Maximilian Rosenthal
- III. Cultural and Intellectual Worlds. Aesthetics and Philosophy / James Garratt ; Theology / Laura K. T. Stokes ; Literary Inheritance / Lorraine Byrne Bodley ; Politics / Sanna Pederson ; Visual Art and Painting / Thomas Tolley ; Correspondence / Peter Ward Jones
- IV. Environments and Institutions. Berlin's Cultural and Musical Life, c. 1811-32 / Jennifer Ronyak ; Leading Music Institutions in Leipzig / Stefan Keym and Mirjam Gerber ; The Berlin of Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1840-47) / Jason Geary ; The Leipzig Conservatory / Ariane Jessulat ; Travellers / Monika Hennemann ; England / Peter Ward Jones
- V. Musical Activities. Professional and Public Music-Making / Katharina Uhde ; Private and Amateur Music-Making / Jennifer Ronyak ; Publishing and Editing / Douglass Seaton ; Constructing a Musical Canon / Peter Mercer-Taylor ; The Bach Revival / Wolfgang Dinglinger ; Beethoven / Benedict Taylor
- VI. Reception and Legacies. Interpretations of Jewish Identity / Susan Wollenberg ; Felix Mendelssohn's reception in his lifetime / Sinead Dempsey Garratt ; The Curation of the Mendelssohns' Legacy / Christiane Wiesenfeldt ; Felix Mendelssohn's posthumous reception / Barbara Eichner ; Fanny Hensel's Reception and Revival / Marian Wilson Kimber ; Fanny Hensel's Modern Legacy / Stephen Rodgers
- Epilogue: A Future for Mendelssohn and Hensel Studies / Benedict Taylor and Thomas Schmidt.