Beethoven und der Fortschrittsgedanke

The bourgeois/middle-class Modernity chose music for its art-as-religion and made Beethoven the key figure of its ideals. As a consequence, the “romantic image of Beethoven” (Arnold Schmitz) idealizes the composer as being freed of all earthly restrains. The notion of progress was one of the main i...

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Main Author: Helmut Loos
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2015-06-01
Series:Muzikološki Zbornik
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/3492
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description The bourgeois/middle-class Modernity chose music for its art-as-religion and made Beethoven the key figure of its ideals. As a consequence, the “romantic image of Beethoven” (Arnold Schmitz) idealizes the composer as being freed of all earthly restrains. The notion of progress was one of the main ideas of this social movement and it was projected on Beethoven and totalized with his music. This process is demonstrated and explained with selected examples.
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spelling doaj.art-5f2f53f42dd243b7b3dd0fbc82d0dda22023-01-18T12:56:58ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Muzikološki Zbornik0580-373X2350-42422015-06-01512576710.4312/mz.51.2.57-672848Beethoven und der FortschrittsgedankeHelmut Loos0Institute of Musicology, University of LeipzigThe bourgeois/middle-class Modernity chose music for its art-as-religion and made Beethoven the key figure of its ideals. As a consequence, the “romantic image of Beethoven” (Arnold Schmitz) idealizes the composer as being freed of all earthly restrains. The notion of progress was one of the main ideas of this social movement and it was projected on Beethoven and totalized with his music. This process is demonstrated and explained with selected examples.https://journals.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/article/view/3492beethovenreception of beethovenart-as-religionprogress
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title Beethoven und der Fortschrittsgedanke
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