Title The Catholic Beethoven / Nicholas Chong

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 312 pages) : illustrations Contents German Catholicism in Beethoven's time : Catholic Enlightenment and Restoration -- Beethoven and the Catholic Enlightenment in Bonn -- Beethoven's religious works before the Missa solemnis : the Gellert Lieder, Christus am Ölberge, and the Mass in C -- Religion in Beethoven's library : Christoph Christian Sturm and Ignaz Aurelius Fessler -- Beethoven and Johann Michael Sailer -- The Missa solemnis Summary "Since the middle of the nineteenth century, most accounts of Beethoven's religious attitudes have assumed that, as a child of the Enlightenment, the composer was estranged from the Catholicism into which he was born, adhering instead to an idiosyncratic and unorthodox religious outlook that was suspicious of dogma and tradition. This longstanding narrative has often resulted in the critical marginalization of Beethoven's religious music, with the notable exception of the Missa solemnis, which is usually included among his most important compositions only by being reinterpreted as a humanist or universalist work transcending its superficial identity as a setting of the Catholic Mass. The Catholic Beethoven challenges the conventional wisdom concerning Beethoven's religious views by demonstrating that both the composer and his religious pieces were influenced by the German Catholicism of his era to a greater extent than has been thought. It uses new historical perspectives on the role of religion in the Enlightenment to reinterpret existing biographical evidence, as well as the composer's sacred works-not just the Missa solemnis, but also the Mass in C, Christus am Ölberge, and the Gellert Lieder. Beethoven's outlook was primarily shaped by ideas associated with the German Catholic Enlightenment, a movement that sought to reconcile traditional Catholic beliefs with some elements of the Enlightenment in its more familiar secular strands. At the same time, he also had some sympathy for what would have been construed at the time as more "conservative" approaches to Catholicism that were in tension with this Catholic Enlightenment"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 29, 2025) Subject Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Religion Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Criticism and interpretation Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Missa solemnis. Catholic Church -- Germany -- 18th century Catholic Church -- Germany -- 19th century Church music -- Germany -- 18th century Church music -- Germany -- 19th century Church music -- Catholic Church -- 18th century Church music -- Catholic Church -- 19th century Classical. Genres & Styles. MUSIC. Christian. Religious. Individual Composer & Musician. Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book LC no. 2024055804 ISBN 9780197752944 0197752942 9780197752937 0197752934 9780197752951 0197752950

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