E.T.A. Hoffman and Music / / R. Murray Schafer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Schafer, R. Murray,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Introduction --; 2. E.T.A. Hoffmann: Life and Credentials --; 3. Ritter Gluck: A Recollection from the Year 1809 --; 4. Five Romantic Concepts --; 5. Baroness Seraphina --; 6. Inspiritrice --; 7. Ombra adorata --; 8. A Romanticist's Don Giovanni --; 9. Don Juan : A Fabulous Incident which Befell a Travelling Enthusiast --; 10. Composers --; 11. Beethoven's Instrumental Music --; 12. The Critic --; 13. Ancient and Modern Church Music --; 14. The Absolute Musician: Johannes Kreisler --; 15. Of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler's Musical Sorrows --; 16. Philistines --; 17. Reflections on the High Value of Music --; 18. Ecstasy --; 19. Kreisler's Musical-Poetical Club --; 20. Synaesthesia --; 21. The Cosmology Configured --; Appendix A. Notes on the Translations --; Appendix B. E.T.A. Hoffmann as Composer --; Appendix C. E.T.A. Hoffmann's Legacy --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487583309; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487583309
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: R. Murray Schafer.

E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a man of diversified talents -- an artist, composer, conductor, critic, jurist, and writer. Although he is best known for his stories, he was a music critic and composer for years before he wrote his celebrated Tales. Hoffmann has long been considered an extremely important force in the shaping of musical romanticism, yet this volume is the first adequate documentation of his influence. Because much of the primary material upon which the study is based, has not previously been available in English, the author has chosen an unusual but especially appropriate format, in which translations of Hoffmann's writings and Professor Schafer's critical commentary alternate. This book not only fills a unique gap in the history of the Romantic Movement by showing the effect of Hoffmann's writings on the early phases of musical romanticism in Germany, but also presents an over-all picture of romanticism in its incipient years.