Brahms in the priesthood of art : gender and art religion in the nineteenth-century German musical imagination /

'Brahms in the Priesthood of Art' explores the intersection of gender, art religion (Kunstreligion) and other aesthetic currents in Brahms reception of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, it focuses on the theme of the self-sacrificing musician devoted to his art,...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McManus, Laurie
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
'Brahms in the Priesthood of Art' explores the intersection of gender, art religion (Kunstreligion) and other aesthetic currents in Brahms reception of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, it focuses on the theme of the self-sacrificing musician devoted to his art, or 'priest of music,' with its quasi-mystical and German Romantic implications of purity seemingly at odds with the lived reality of Brahms's bourgeois existence.
Umfang:
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-008329-8
0-19-008330-1
0-19-008328-X
Schlagworte:
Brahms, Johannes, > 1833-1897 > Criticism and interpretation.
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