Beschreibung:
The first in-depth study of Mendelssohn's two settings of Goethe's Die erste Walpurgisnacht, in the context of scenes from Goethe's Faust and other works.
The Cultural and Religious PrehistoriesTolerance, Translation, and Acceptance: Goethe's and Mendelssohn's Voices in European Cultural Discourse to ca. 1850Reality and Illusion, Past and Present: Goethe and the WalpurgisnachtThe Composition, Revision, and Publication of Mendelssohn's Die erste WalpurgisnachtThe Sources, Structure, and Narrative of Mendelssohn's Walpurgisnacht SettingsAt the Crossroads of Identity: Critical and Artistic Responses to Goethe's and Mendelssohn's Walpurgisnacht TreatmentsPreforming Identity and Alterity: Die erste WalpurgisnachtThen and Now