The Politics of Appropriation
Subtitle: German Romantic Music and the Ancient Greek Legacy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 03, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780199736119
Description: This text explores the intersection of music and Hellenism in 19th-century Germany. It shows how productions such as that of the Prussian court of Sophocles' Antigone with music by Felix Mendelssohn reflect an effort by the rulers who commissioned them to appropriate the legacy of Greece for the creation of a German cultural and national identity.
Notes: Source title: The Politics of Appropriation: German Romantic Music and the Ancient Greek Legacy (New Cultural History of Music)