A serious matter and true joy : : philanthropy, the arts, and the state in Leipzig (1750-1918) / / Margaret Eleanor Menninger.

• Superior document: Studies in Central European Histories, Volume 70
• VerfasserIn: Menninger, Margaret Eleanor,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Central European histories ; Volume 70.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright page /; Dedication /; Acknowledgements /; Illustrations /; Abbreviations /; /; Introduction /; Introduction to Part 1 /; Chapter 1 Theater in the Second City /; Chapter 2 Pride and Scandal: Creating a Municipal Theater /; Introduction to Part 2 /; Chapter 3 Kunstkammer - Kunstverein - Kunstsmuseum: The City Art Museum /; Chapter 4 Art, Commerce, and a Global Presence: The Grassi Museum /; Introduction to Part 3 /; Chapter 5 Ensemble Players: The Großes Concert and Musical Life in Leipzig before 1850 /; Chapter 6 Excellence and Exclusivity: A New Concert Hall and Local Challenges /; Coda /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004507807; 9789004507784
• ISSN: 1547-1217
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Margaret Eleanor Menninger.

This book offers a novel approach to the history of high culture and new perspectives on the history of civil society in provincial Germany. It makes the concept of place a central means for understanding how art culture was defined, consumed, and, importantly, distributed over the course of the long nineteenth century. It shows how "temples of culture" come to be built where they were built. It further demonstrates who participated in their planning, funding, construction, and ultimate evolution into public institutions, highlighting underexamined links between the history of art culture and that of urban history and civil society.