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Author Batstone, Leah, author.

Title Mahler's Nietzsche : politics and philosophy in the Wunderhorn symphonies / Leah Batstone
Published Woodbridge, England : Boydell Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 189 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents Introduction : an epoch-making influence -- The case of Wagner -- The crown of laughter -- The gay science -- The Übermensch -- Ecce homo -- Epilogue -- Appendix I : original symphony programs -- Appendix II : Song texts
Summary "Examines how Nietzschean ideas influenced the composition of Mahler's first four, so-called Wunderhorn, symphonies. Gustav Mahler and Friedrich Nietzsche both exercised a tremendous influence over the twentieth century. All the more fascinating, then, is Mahler's intellectual engagement with the writings of Nietzsche. Given the limited and frequently cryptic nature of the composer's own comments on Nietzsche, Mahler's specific understanding of the elusive thinker is achieved through the examination of Nietzsche's reception amongst the people who introduced composer to philosopher: members of the Pernerstorfer Circle at the University of Vienna. Mahler's Nietzsche draws on a variety of primary sources to answer two key questions. The first is hermeneutic: what do Mahler's allusions to Nietzsche mean? The second is creative: how can Mahler's own characterization of Nietzsche as an'epoch-making influence'be identified in his compositional techniques? By answering these two questions, the book paints a more accurate picture of the intersections of the arts, philosophy and politics in fin-de-siècle Vienna. Mahler's Nietzsche will be required reading for scholars and students of nineteenth and early twentieth century German music and philosophy"-- Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCOhost, viewed December 18, 2023)
Subject Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Knaben Wunderhorn.
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911 -- Political and social views
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Influence
Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900
SUBJECT Knaben Wunderhorn (Mahler, Gustav) fast
Subject MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political and social views
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781800108769
1800108761
180010877X
9781800108776