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Mozart's Operas and National Politics
Martin Nedbal
其他書名
Canon Formation in Prague from 1791 to the Present
出版Cambridge University Press, 2023-08-10
主題Music / Genres & Styles / Opera
ISBN10092575959781009257596
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=tt_LEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.