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The European Experience in Slavery, 1650-1850
This volume documents the practice of bringing enslaved people to early modern Europe not only as a side effect of overseas colonial regimes but as a pan-European experience that even developed its own dynamics on the continent. Drawing on examples from France, Scotland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the Holy Roman Empire, the contributors show how slavery affected both the enslaved and the enslavers' societies, changing European notions of freedom, dependence, and subjugation. At the same time, Afro-European families and cultural productions challenge the view of the Black diaspora as Europe's "other." The volume thus reveals not only the roots of present-day racism extending far back into the past, but also a common heritage yet to be discovered.
The Horn
A rich and fascinating account of one of music history’s most ancient, varied, and distinctive instruments From its origins in animal horn instruments in classical antiquity to the emergence of the modern horn in the seventeenth century, the horn appears wherever and whenever humans have made music. Its haunting, timeless presence endures in jazz and film music, as well as orchestral settings, to this day. In this welcome addition to the Yale Musical Instrument Series, Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti trace the origins of the modern horn in all its variety. From its emergence in Turin and its development of political and diplomatic functions across European courts, to the revolutionary invention of valves, the horn has presented in innumerable guises and forms. Aided by musical examples and newly discovered sources, Meucci and Rocchetti’s book offers a comprehensive account of an instrument whose history is as complex and fascinating as its music.
Mozart in Vienna
Comprehensive and engaging exploration of Mozart's greatest works, focussing on his dual roles as performer and composer in Vienna.
Jean Sibelius's Legacy
In 2015, at the 150th anniversary of Jean Sibelius’ birth, research about his music and personality is more active than ever. Recent discoveries about the musical, literary, artistic, political, and social life around him have decisively widened the scope of scholarly discussion. As part of the anniversary celebrations, a great number of Sibelius scholars gathered in Hämeenlinna, his birth town, for a conference leading up to his birthday on December 8. This volume draws upon the most current achievements of Sibelius research. It brings together the diverse – and sometimes even divergent – viewpoints that emerged from this international meeting. These studies cover all of the genres i...
The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna
Dorothea Link examines singers’ voices and casting practices in late eighteenth-century Italian opera as exemplified in Vienna’s court opera from 1783 to 1791. The investigation into the singers’ voices proceeds on two levels: understanding the performers in terms of the vocal-dramatic categories employed in opera at the time; and creating vocal profiles for the principal singers from the music composed expressly for them. In addition, Link contextualizes the singers within the company in order to expose the court opera's casting practices. Authoritative and insightful, The Italian Opera Singers in Mozart's Vienna offers a singular look at a musical milieu and a key to addressing the performance-practice problem of how to cast the Mozart roles today.
Von Nikisch bis Norrington. Beethovens 5. Sinfonie auf Tonträger
Wie hat sich die musikalische Interpretation seit der ersten Gesamteinspielung einer vollständigen Sinfonie entwickelt? Hat sie eine eigene Geschichte? Der Musikforscher Lars E. Laubhold untersucht diese Fragen anhand von mehr als 130 Tonaufnahmen eines der zentralen Werke der Musikgeschichte: Ludwig van Beethovens 5. Sinfonie. Seit mit der ersten Gesamteinspielung von Beethovens 5. Sinfonie zugleich die erste Tonaufnahme einer vollständigen Sinfonie erfolgte, hat ein Jahrhundert technischer Entwicklungen die medialen Voraussetzungen für das Erleben von Musik radikal verändert. Aber wie hat sich während dieser Zeit die musikalische Interpretation selbst entwickelt? Anhand von mehr als 1...
Mozart's Operas and National Politics
As both an in-depth study of Mozart criticism and performance practice in Prague, and a history of how eighteenth-century opera was appropriated by later political movements and social groups, this book explores the reception of Mozart's operas in Prague between 1791 and the present and reveals the profound influence of politics on the construction of the Western musical canon. Tracing the links between performances of Mozart's operas and strategies that Bohemian musicians, critics, directors, musicologists, and politicians used to construct modern Czech and German identities, Nedbal explores the history of the canonization process from the perspective of a city that has often been regarded as peripheral to mainstream Western music history. Individual chapters focus on Czech and German adaptations of Mozart's operas for Prague's theaters, operatic criticism published in Prague's Czech and German journals, the work of Bohemian historians interpreting Mozart, and endeavours of cultural activists to construct monuments in recognition of the composer.
Eduard Steuermann
"Es kommt mir vor, als ob es beinahe unmöglich wäre Musiker und gleichzeitig 'Klawiervirtuose' zu sein." In diesem Bekenntnis Eduard Steuermanns, 1915 gegenüber Arnold Schönberg geäußert, zeigt sich schon früh dessen zentrales Dilemma und heimliches Lebensmotto. Eduard Steuermann (1892–1964), österreichisch-polnisch-jüdischer Pianist aus Galizien, Schüler Busonis, Lehrer und Freund Adornos, Exil-Amerikaner, gefragter Solist und Pädagoge zwischen Wien, New York und Darmstadt, hat zeitlebens das "beinahe Unmögliche" gesucht: in kompromissloser "Hingabe an die Musik" Wahrheit und Schönheit zu versöhnen. Die Wertschätzung, die ihm als dem wichtigsten Pianisten für die Etablieru...
Michael Boder
Seine Karriere begann Michael Boder (*1958) in den 1980er Jahren als Assistent von Michael Gielen an der Oper Frankfurt. Heute gilt er als einer der international hervorragenden Dirigenten, für den bereits vor Beginn seiner Laufbahn die Musik der Gegenwart so selbstverständlich war wie das klassische Repertoire in Oper und Konzert. "Für mich persönlich ist Alban Berg der Komponist, durch den ich am meisten über das Hören, Spielen, ja über das Denken gelernt habe. Damit fühle ich mich zwar manchmal recht einsam, aber das macht mir nichts aus." Da ein wesentlicher künstlerischer Schwerpunkt des Musikers Michael Boder im Bereich der Oper, ganz besonders des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts lie...
