This book challenges the common view that classical education in 19th-century Germany was dominated by a progressive ideal called "neohumanism." The prevailing ideal of education at the German Gymnasien was emphatically traditional and is best described as classical humanism. Mo…
"The political control of music in the Third Reich has been analysed from several perspectives, and with ever increasing sophistication. However, music in Germany after 1945 has not received anything like the same treatment. Rather, there is an assumption that two separate music…
"The political control of music in the Third Reich has been analysed from several perspectives, and with ever increasing sophistication. However, music in Germany after 1945 has not received anything like the same treatment. Rather, there is an assumption that two separate music…
Born into a prominent German Jewish banking family, Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860-1946) was a keen amateur archaeologist and ethnologist. His discovery and excavation of Tell Halaf in Syria marked an important contribution to knowledge of the ancient Middle East, while his massi…
Biografie van de Duitse componist (1810-1856).
"Long regarded as a quintessentially romantic figure, Schumann also has been portrayed as a profoundly tragic one: a composer who began his career as a genius and ended it as a mere talent. Daverio takes issue with this Schumann myth, arguing instead that the composer's entire c…
This text provides a comprehensive survey of Germany's experience during the First World War and paints a rich portrait of life on the home front. The new edition incorporates more material on action outside Europe, military occupation, prisoners of war, and the memory of war.
Studie over de instrumentale dansmuziek aan de Midden-Europese hoven in de zes decennia die volgden op de Dertigjarige Oorlog, waarin de Franse stijl overheersend was.
