Cypess / Sinkoff Sara Levy's World

Gender, Judaism, and the Bach Tradition in Enlightenment Berlin
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78744-283-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 145, 302 Seiten

Reihe: Eastman Studies in Music

A rich interdisciplinary exploration of the world of Sara Levy, a Jewish salonnière and skilled performing musician in late eighteenth-century Berlin, and her impact on the Bach revival, German-Jewish life, and Enlightenment culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cypess, Rebecca

Sinkoff, Nancy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Experiencing Sara Levy's World
Part One: Portrait of a Jewish Female Artist: Music, Identity, Image
What Was the Berlin Jewish Salon Around 1800?
Sara Levy's Musical Salon and Her Bach Collection
Remaining Within the Fold: The Cultural and Social World of Sara Levy
Women's Voices in Bach's Musical World: Christiane Mariane von Ziegler and Faustina Bordoni
Part Two: Music, Aesthetics, and Philosophy: Jews and Christians in Sara Levy's World
Lessing and the Limits of Enlightenment
Poetry, Music, and the Limits of Harmony: Mendelssohn's Aesthetic Critique of Christianity
Longing for the Sublime: Jewish Self-Consciousness and the St. Matthew Passion in Biedermeier Berlin
Part Three: Studies in Sara Levy's Collection
Duets in the Collection of Sara Levy and the Ideal of "Unity in Multiplicity"
The Sociability of Salon Culture and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Quartets
Appendix: The Salonnière and the Diplomat: Letters from Sara Levy to Karl Gustav von Brinckmann
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index