Beethoven and Greco-Roman Antiquity
- Author: Zanden, Jos van der
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Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1. 1 Aims and Objectives
- 1. 2 The Quest for Bildung
- 1. 3 Scholarly Writing
- 1. 4 Method and Structure
- Chapter 2 Influences I: Bonn
- 2. 1 Bonn Politics
- 2. 2 The French Revolution and Ancient Rome
- 2. 3 Brutus and Republicanism
- 2. 4 The Czerny Enigma
- 2. 5 Nepos
- 2. 6 Cicero and Feder
- 2. 7 German Grossmannsucht
- 2. 8 The Creed of the Illuminati: 'Read the Ancients'
- 2. 9 Summary
- Chapter 3 Influences II: Vienna
- 3. 1 Winckelmann and German Classicism
- 3. 2 Goethe and Schiller
- 3. 3 Ancient Texts Available in German
- 3. 4 Educational Material
- 3. 5 Antiquity in Opera
- 3. 6 Painting and Sculpture
- 3. 7 Summary
- Chapter 4 Greek Literature I: Homer
- 4. 1 The Translations by Johann Heinrich Voss
- 4. 2
- References in Primary Sources
- 4. 3 The Canon in Egerton 2795
- 4. 4 Nephew Karl's Studies
- 4. 5 Beethoven's Copy of the Odyssey
- 4. 6 Passages that Caught Beethoven's Eye
- 4. 7 The Role of Schindler
- 4. 8 Summary
- 4. 9
- Appendix Markings in Homer's Odyssey
- Chapter 5 Greek Literature II: Xenophon, Euripides, and Greek Poetry
- 5. 1 Xenophon and Platonism
- 5. 2 Euripides
- 5. 3 The Greek Anthology
- 5. 4 Summary
- Chapter 6 Literature from Imperial Rome: Plutarch, Horace, and Tacitus
- 6. 1 The Schirach Edition
- 6. 2
- References in the Sources
- 6. 3 Plutarch's Characters
- 6. 4 Some Effects on Beethoven
- 6. 5 Horace
- 6. 6 Tacitus
- 6. 7 Summary
- Chapter 7 The Role of Hellenistic Philosophy
- 7. 1 Platonism and Stoicism
- 7. 2 Beethoven's Reading
- 7. 3 Passions
- 7. 4 Moral Issues
- 7. 5 Summary
- Chapter 8 Antiquity in Beethoven's Music
- 8. 1 A Survey of the Works
- 8. 2 Bacchus
- 8. 3 Unresolved Dissonances
- 8. 4 Other Opera Plans
- 8. 5 Socrates
- 8. 6 The Problem of Der Sieg des Kreuzes
- Chapter 9 Closing Observations
- 9. 1 Overview and Analysis of the Findings
- 9. 2 Implications of the Source Findings
- 9. 3 Possible Ramifications for the Music
- 9. 4 Conclusions and Recommendations